How the Conservatives’ austerity rhetoric won them GE2015, and almost cost them GE2017

Whiteley, Paul, Clarke, Harold D. and Stewart, Marianne (2017) How the Conservatives’ austerity rhetoric won them GE2015, and almost cost them GE2017. British Politics and Policy Blog (29 Nov 2017). Website.

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Paul Whiteley, Harold D. Clarke, and Marianne Stewart explain why austerity is no longer an election winner – neither economically nor politically. They argue that David Cameron’s government reaped political rewards through its austerity rhetoric, but the strategy backfired in the next election, when many voters believed a Conservative government would impose more hardship on them.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2017 11:22
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 21:13
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85979

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