The Transformation of the Conservative Party

I don't think there was a huge shift and had the Conservative Party not been in office for so long. Maybe they could have tapped into that mood as well, but it wasn't to be. It was about enthusiasm. Tony Blair was young. He very, very successfully negotiates that by making his youth a selling point. I think there is a natural period of office. And for those governments that are in office for a long time, 13, 12, 13 years seems enough. That was what we had in 1951 to 1964. There was a 13-year period of Tory government. The Blair Brown years was 13 years. 1992, it seemed to most commentators that the Conservatives were going