Bitchier Than Usual
This campaign will surely rank as e closest battle since Labor’s last win, in 1974. After Thatcher led the Conservative comeback in 1979, obituaries for Britains Labor Party became more common than cloudy days in London. But the notices were premature. Early projections of the Labor vote stand at 43 percent, up from the 31 percent the party actually polled in 1987. That’s a striking turnabout, given the entrenched party loyalties tied to social class in Britain....