Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-1515484-20130408173957/@comment-738651-20130520100944

There wouldn't have been an election in 1983 without the Falklands. She would've waited until later, possibly even gone on the last possible date in, i think, spring 1984. However, Labour was still in considerable disarray at that point. I'm wondering right now if it would've been a bit like 1992 - people were ashamed to admit they were voting Tory so the polls predicted a Labour victory but in fact pollsters were being lied to and nobody intended to vote Labour anyway. So maybe she would've won, though on my main Althist on here i've chosen to assume she lost in 1984.