UK 1997 with poor economy

[Phony Moderate]

Labour won a majority of 179 in 1997, even with a good economy. What majority would they have got if the economy had been in recession?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Not much different, actually. In 1997 the Tories were punished for the bad economic conditions of the early 90s; the economic growth of the mid 90s felt quite hollow because of what had gone before.