Conservative Party (UK) in the Falklands War in June that year, along with the recovering British economy, saw the Conservatives returning quickly to the top of the opinion polls and winning the 1983 general election with a landslide majority, due to a split opposition vote. Thatcher now faced, arguably, her most serious rival yet after the 1983 general election, when Michael Foot resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and was succeeded by Neil Kinnock. With a new leader at the helm, Labour were clearly determined to defeat the Conservatives at the next election and for virtually the entirety of Thatcher's second ministry
Organisation of the Scottish Labour Party previously STV's Westminster correspondent until 1997 when she joined BBC's political unit. Her partner was then South Lanarkshire council leader Tom McCabe, who later became an MSP. Secondments Labour's Scottish Strategy Group for the 1999 Scottish Parliament election: Other staff 2011 Expenditure: Donald Dewar (1997–1999): Junior Ministers: McLeish, Wilson/Liddell Donald Dewar (1999–2000): Origins and evolution of the Scottish Labour Party Organisation of the Scottish Labour Party The Organisation of the Scottish Labour Party is a body established under the national rules of the UK Labour Party. The Scottish Executive Committee is the governing body of the Scottish Labour Party, responsible