Britain and Greece: 40 years ago

Nafpliotis, Alexandros (2010) Britain and Greece: 40 years ago. British Politics and Policy at LSE (30 May 2010). Website.

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During the UK general election campaign, especially in the first week of May 2010, the fortunes of Greece figured prominently in British new bulletins. The huge street demonstrations against austerity measures in Athens seemed to figure as possible portents of things to come post-election when British austerity measures would need to kick in, and may have helped trigger a late swing back of 2-3 per cent of voters back to supporting Labour on election day itself. Here Alexandros Nafpliotis considers some parallels with the 1970 general election in Britain and Greece’s then predicament of being governed by a military junta.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2010 The author
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DF Greece H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2011 09:56
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 17:42
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/39582

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