This was the first time I had the opportunity to vote in a general election. I voted Labour of course. I remember it was a beautiful sunny day the morning after. Great days.
@joshuabell77612 жыл бұрын
Which constituency were you in?
@WHRBERT2 жыл бұрын
I remember it like it was yesterday, stayed up all night and watched it, I was so happy the Tories were out, hoping it happens again soon!
@hmq9052 Жыл бұрын
I voted Pantsdown '97
@kate_cooper3 жыл бұрын
This is the last election I was too young to vote in. I remember watching the news that day, with the crowds of Blair supporters chanting “Tony! Tony! Tony!” And singing “Labour’s coming home”. I don’t think we’ve ever had an election before or since which caused so much enthusiasm.
@JD-Media3 жыл бұрын
The crowds were handpicked Labour supporters arranged by Alistair Campbell. A stroke of PR genius but still ultimately staged.
@kate_cooper3 жыл бұрын
@@JD-Media Makes sense, I should have realised. Still fun to watch though.
@wessexfox5197 Жыл бұрын
1992 had ironically more enthusiasm as it had a much higher turnout of 78%, compared to 97’s turnout of 71.2%
@yao052 Жыл бұрын
@@JD-Mediaso what?
@johnalbent Жыл бұрын
Or more disappointed...I was in my first year of high school. As I left in 2001 there was an election characterised by apathy and disinterest.
@johnlemberger50887 жыл бұрын
If you ever go the races, take Rupert Murdoch with you. You'll be guaranteed to win every time.
@luisinhocuenta9496 Жыл бұрын
did not work in australia in 2022
@johnrider5701 Жыл бұрын
I was never a fan of John Mayor's government but compared with the skip fire of a government we have today Mayor's team were dynamic and professional. And i feel almost nostalgic for those days.
@yampk1 Жыл бұрын
Indeed. The current incumbent makes Major look like JFK
@dlamiss5 жыл бұрын
A sign of the things to come. The "crowd" in Downing street were primarily Labour party workers and volunteers.
@stephenbaker21053 жыл бұрын
Yes! I went with a friend to join in the celebrations in Downing Street and we were not allowed in.
@davidellis51414 жыл бұрын
Watching in June 2020. Different days.
@alanberkeley72824 жыл бұрын
The world was a very different place then.
@markequinox3 жыл бұрын
Simpler, Less anxious times.
@davidtudor2833 жыл бұрын
three months after diana princess of wales died.
@SamuelBlack843 жыл бұрын
I was 13. Just moved to a new high school, making new friends, just introduced to Resident Evil and Silent Hill and frlling for a girl in my class. Sigh, how much I miss those days. Infinitely better than my crappy life roday
@MohammedAli-zh8kf4 жыл бұрын
One of the great day in uk history 💖💚❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💖❤️♥️
@greenerz7 ай бұрын
In the 90s we all Imagined how great the future would be flying cars , free energy , computers etc etc never did anyone say it would go downhill like it has.
@rohitballal79757 жыл бұрын
These really were the good old days. A Britain that was open, outward looking and internationalist. Not the UKIP loving Brexit hell hole of today.
@JD-Media7 жыл бұрын
You have Labour to blame for that.
@rohitballal79757 жыл бұрын
i would agree that bringing the mass immigration of the mid noughts was a mistake. It should have been carefully managed and the driving down of wages did hit the labour party traditional base. However a large factor was due to the financial crash. Something which affected the world and was outside Labour's control.
@paulknott25346 жыл бұрын
Get rid of Theresa may
@MattDWardell6 жыл бұрын
Remember it was Major (not Blair) who signed the Maastricht Treaty; which allowed the free movement of people.
@MattDWardell6 жыл бұрын
ie the immigration that occurred under newLabour would have also occurred under a Tory administration.
@loungejay855510 ай бұрын
The morning of May 2nd 1997 Cherie Blair was walking like John Wayne.
@juliantaylor2223 Жыл бұрын
So sad watching this in 2023 as this once great nation continues to be ruined by the last 13 years of toxic Tory government. This was the last era of hope for the country.
@pipoo1 Жыл бұрын
After 13 years of the current "Conservative" Government there's barely a single socioeconomic measure where the UK isn't worse off than it was when Labour left office in 2010. Labour gave us more than ten years of unbroken economic growth, even with the financial crisis we were in a strong recovery in 2010. One the Tories quickly smothered and we've never recovered since.
@johnalbent Жыл бұрын
0.1 percent growth wasn't a strong recovery. Tony Blair didn't agree with most of Brown's handling of the economy post crash. Plus the international economic boom of the 1990s and 2000s was enjoyed by all governments around the world.
@BCJ198510 ай бұрын
@@johnalbentBy the same token so was the crash. The Tory cuts however almost caused a double dip recession, which certainly wasn't something that happened in the other major economies. Fast forward to now, and we're easily the weakest of the G7. The Tories own that, end of.
@SplashTasty8 ай бұрын
I think you are being vastly more uncharitable than you should be to Gordon Brown post-crash. No other world leaders had the answer like Brown and Darling did. Was it a relatively weak recovery, you could argue so. But for what its worth, Brown and Darling are largely responsible for helping mitigate the fallout from the great recession not only in Britain but the US and arguably the world at large. @@johnalbent
@SplashTasty8 ай бұрын
Obama didn't have the answers, they all looked to Gordon.
@johnalbent8 ай бұрын
@SplashTasty that's codswallop. The IMF criticised him, the EU criticised him, Tony Blair criticised him, even members of his own cabinet criticised him. His bailout of the banks is taken from Milton Friedman's economic history that said the crash of 1929 wasn't responsible for the Great Depression...the banking collapse that followed it was. Nothing original to Brown.
@gaminggamer25942 жыл бұрын
Even if a lot of Blair’s policies ended up quite badly (and he was possibly a war criminal), in the current political climate it’s hard not to look back on this and feel melancholic. I mean, shit. What happened to us Britain?
@DFandV2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully Starmer don't turn out to another Blair (should he get elected as PM)
@ian_b Жыл бұрын
Tony Blair happened to Britain.
@The_wolf28859 ай бұрын
No possibly about it, he was a war criminal
@SplashTasty8 ай бұрын
People learn what War criminal means challenge
@tubularbill4 жыл бұрын
And the big media was never happier....lol
@nbarrett1003 жыл бұрын
4:40 Strong technocratic energy
@luisinhocuenta9496 Жыл бұрын
Keir Starmer takes over, Rishi Sunak steps down and finds time to relax in California
@WHRBERT2 жыл бұрын
Hoping this will happen again soon, and we thought that the Tories were bad back then!
@richardhoffmann179 Жыл бұрын
It will. Keir will sweep to victory next year
@alex-xz2dm5 жыл бұрын
was 4 when this happened hence my tweet on tv in 2017 this was a fresh start for me as for d the e it felt good
@joestewart-paul71813 жыл бұрын
What a day that was
@pipoo1 Жыл бұрын
Oh Happy Happy Day. The best 13 years of my adult life.
@___UN3 жыл бұрын
i wonder if they booked the removal vans in advance
@kengeorgejones68555 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see how times change, as Dorrell (one of the men mentioned as a potential leader) has now left the party.
@alex-xz2dm5 жыл бұрын
good xxxx
@BossySwan4 жыл бұрын
He was a remoaner fart
@___UN3 жыл бұрын
@@BossySwan why are you everywhere
@BossySwan3 жыл бұрын
@@___UN lol
@lukegreen53414 жыл бұрын
0:12 This Music Is Funky. Thanks Mate. X
@ryanlamb79457 жыл бұрын
thanks for replying back
@brianmarshall47533 жыл бұрын
I want the new Labour leader in the near future
@SamuelBlack843 жыл бұрын
I want to rule
@BossySwan7 жыл бұрын
Young Chris Leslie! Lol
@michaelswan8357 Жыл бұрын
Blair would have sorted out Russia
@markgenner17472 жыл бұрын
Friday 2nd May 1997
@markgenner17472 жыл бұрын
It Was A Good Month'
@kyokusanagi6165 ай бұрын
Had a decent 10yrs before the banking crash and recession hit hard.
@thepretendraver3125 жыл бұрын
Started off well but it was a nightmare to come, how the many were fooled by Blair!
@liamb86445 жыл бұрын
For me the tuition/top up fees and Iraq were the first bad things they did - from then it was just a downfall for new labour
@warrengrant29924 жыл бұрын
Blairs first term was great 👏🏽 his second term though....
@Uio3eva3 жыл бұрын
Achieved a lot of good things for ordinary people the Tories would never do, like the minimum wage
@pipoo1 Жыл бұрын
The best 13 years of my adult life. The strongest economy the UK ever had. Under Labour we had nearly 12 years of unbroken growth. The Conservatives have barely been be able to manage 12 months. We are POORER on almost every measure compared to the Blair years.
@johnalbent Жыл бұрын
@@pipoo1we had continued economic growth from 1992-2008. It was the strongest economic inheritance in 100 years. So much so that the budget was in surplus. Actually Labour kept the policies in the first term.
@kayzeaza4 жыл бұрын
Major and Blair we’re alike more then they were different. They both got dragged into a middle eastern war by a Bush presidency LOL
@benzof54754 жыл бұрын
Those conflicts were completely different
@chopchung5 жыл бұрын
@4:47 JM actually DAMNING that last Thatcher Government of which he, of course, had been a prominent member.
@CharlesWhitford10 ай бұрын
JM had a shag fest with Eggwina Curry (a.k.a. Egg Curry).
@brianmarshall47534 ай бұрын
Labour Leader sir Keir starmer going win the General election this year
@ryanlamb79457 жыл бұрын
so you saying you not doing them any more
@ryanlamb79457 жыл бұрын
hello you know what video you should do you should do the mayoral elections 2000 to 2008/ 2016 you should do them all
@harryramsden47344 жыл бұрын
hindsight - check out ' Four Weddings and a Funeral ' - 1994 , Elton John an that - 0-0 - Red + Black camera scene., , " Camilla" ??? truly bizzare film.... who makes films ?? , so if you watch 4 weddings , and realise the implications of what that means.......... , what was going on with that ' Time to say Goodbye ' record , at the TIME. ?? .... are you on that ^^^
@tamhaswoods90563 жыл бұрын
I can scarcely think of anything more dangerous than a majority of 70+ seats for either party in the 'two idiot system'. Maggie's third term and New Labour proved that and the Tory govt we have today are proving that.
@DFandV2 жыл бұрын
Hence why a PR system is needed more than ever. Look at countries where they have them like in Germany or Spain. You see different ideas being implemented, higher turnouts as votes/seats are counted equally (and isn't most votes wins all) and quite frankly a healthy democracy where it isn't dominated by ''two idiotic system'' to quote your words
@SplashTasty8 ай бұрын
yeah those countries are not stable and their governments are a complete mess lol at least with mandates like Blairs and Thatchers you could govern relatively cohesively for a decade and have your parties backing for key pieces of legislation like budgets and social reform. Is it perfect or even good for that matter? Definitely not. But i'd much prefer to live in a country that doesn't have constant elections and weak coalitions @@DFandV
@jacklewis38034 жыл бұрын
Oh the better times.
@alanberkeley72824 жыл бұрын
This won't happen again.
@wrexham19833 жыл бұрын
Hopefully one day !
@realnoahsimpson3 жыл бұрын
it did in 2001!
@johnalbent2 жыл бұрын
@@realnoahsimpson no enthusiasm though...the most apathetic election in history
@dominicchallis29285 ай бұрын
@@wrexham1983A day to beat that day is fast approaching.
@jamesrhoden Жыл бұрын
Please upload ITN News and weather Saturday 17th May 1997 thank you.
@DBIVUK Жыл бұрын
I didn't record it.
@josephdyson37375 ай бұрын
The day when this comes again Christ
@TSWHedgehog5 ай бұрын
ITS TIME
@josephdyson37374 ай бұрын
@@TSWHedgehog2 weeks away! Its dragged on this campaign, it really has…
@TSWHedgehog4 ай бұрын
@@josephdyson3737 I’ll get to say Bye Bye to my Tory MP on July 4th. Like a kid on Christmas Eve 🤣
@josephdyson37374 ай бұрын
@@TSWHedgehog mine will be a Labour hold, but there are still quite a few Tory MPs in neighbouring seats I’ll be glad to see the back of… those that are brave enough to face the electorate again anyway!
@brianmarshall47536 жыл бұрын
His never get a knighthood after a war criminal
@grigorenandris37846 жыл бұрын
A war criminal? Where is the proof for that? Criminal means convicted. And what of your terrible English.... ?
@MultiVince954 жыл бұрын
Friday 2nd may 1997
@markgenner17472 жыл бұрын
It Was A Good Month'
@tubularbill2 жыл бұрын
News at Benn…lol
@BossySwan3 жыл бұрын
*BONG*
@jamesmt1427 ай бұрын
The day Britain died.
@benharis19566 ай бұрын
1979
@oconnorphilip7 ай бұрын
Brian Farrell
@alexanderdahoola81883 жыл бұрын
To quote one character from The Driller Killer (1979) - with regards to how it turned out many years later - "Can't stomach this a moment longer. Who would've thought it would come to this? Worthless!", yeah, could anyone have foreseen the disaster that was the Iraq invasion and with it Tony's massively shattered reputation?
@___UN3 жыл бұрын
at least you came back :-)
@ryanlamb79457 жыл бұрын
hello are you doing some more videos or is that it
@DBIVUK7 жыл бұрын
I don't seem to have received your last subscription payment, so it looks like I'm doing them out of the goodness of my heart and when I have time.
@elton19817 жыл бұрын
not much changes. Tories decided over Europe. Who could guess the disaster it would cause.
@paulknott25346 жыл бұрын
Get rid of the Tories
@alexanderdahoola81883 жыл бұрын
And in 2005 Robin Cook himself died. Prior to that in 2003 - Dr David Kelly.
@DBIVUK3 жыл бұрын
You mean the Dr David Kelly who believed Iraq had WMD and strongly supported the Iraq war?