On May 5, the results of the British general election were announced.
The Labour Party, led by current Prime Minister Blair, defeated the Conservative Party and won a majority of seats in the new Parliament.
Queen Elizabeth II met with Labour Party leader Blair and authorized him to form a cabinet.
This also made Blair the second person in British history to be re-elected Prime Minister for three consecutive terms after Margaret Thatcher, and the first Labour Party leader to achieve this achievement.
However, analysts predict that as the Labour Party's advantage of more than half of the seats in the House of Commons has been significantly reduced to only about half of what it was after the 2001 general election, the weakening of the Labour Party's majority will make it more difficult for Blair to successfully pass various policies and legislation in Parliament this year.
As mentioned before, the general election in Britain is not like the American general election, where a direct vote is held on the candidate for the president. Instead, the party that will form the cabinet is determined by the seats won by each political party in the parliamentary election (House of Commons), and the leader of the party naturally becomes the elected prime minister.
Often, if a party secures more than half of the seats in the House of Commons, it can be certain of winning the election; otherwise, it will need to form a coalition government.
Of course, although the Conservative Party lost to the Labour Party in this election, it was not without results...
At that time, the total number of seats in the British Parliament was 646. Howard led the Conservative Party to expand their total number of members from 165 seats to 198 seats, reducing the New Labour Party's advantage in Parliament from 238 seats to 157 seats. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Blair's New Labour Party.
In addition, the performance of the Democratic Party in this general election was also very impressive. They won 62 seats in the parliamentary elections, 11 more seats than in the last general election.
This also means that compared to 2001, the Labour Party's overwhelming advantage in Parliament no longer exists. If they cannot regain their prestige, they will be in great danger in the next general election.
In fact, Barron had joked with Brown before, claiming that he was sure that the Labour Party could win the election, but this was not true because the leader of the Conservative Party graduated from Cambridge University.
This is because the current economic situation in the UK is relatively satisfactory to the people, so holding a general election at this time will also be beneficial to the current ruling party.
It is not uncommon for people to choose to hold elections early when the economic situation is good in order to win the general election.
Yes, although the election interval in the UK is five years, the ruling party is allowed to announce an election in advance within five years.
For example, in the 1980s, both House of Commons elections during Mrs. Thatcher's administration were held in advance.
After coming to power in 1979, Mrs. Thatcher ambitiously formulated a set of "Thatcherism" economic reform plans in order to rectify the long-sluggish British economy, and gritted her teeth and got through the difficult first three years.
By 1983, Mrs. Thatcher's reforms had produced results, the British economy began to emerge from its trough, and the international trade surplus reached 5.3 billion pounds, a record high. The long-term uncontrollable inflation rate dropped to 4% in March 1983, the lowest point in 15 years.
Mrs. Thatcher seized the opportunity and announced that the term of the House of Commons, originally scheduled to end in May 1984, would be brought forward to June 1983 for a general election, and the Conservative Party's election platform would be to continue to implement the policies and guidelines that the Thatcher government had pursued over the past four years.
Most British people, who had just tasted the benefits of reform, naturally voted for the Conservative Party.
As a result of the election, not only was Mrs. Thatcher re-elected as Prime Minister, but the Conservative Party also won 61.7% of the seats in the House of Commons, achieving a rare overwhelming majority in history.
It can be said that the results of this election are still very satisfactory to Barron.
Although the Labour Party eventually won and Blair will be re-elected as prime minister, the Labour Party's seats in Parliament are not an overwhelming advantage. Therefore, the policies that Blair wants to implement will probably be difficult to implement smoothly under the pressure of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats.
And because the ruling party is the Labour Party, if the British economy deteriorates, they will be the ones who need to pay the bill and take the blame.
Correspondingly, the public's support for them will also decline. I am afraid that both the opposition Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party would be happy to see such a situation.
At the next general election, it will probably be the time for the Conservative Party, led by Cameron, to come to power.
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"Hello, Your Highness, I am honored to receive this challenging task. To be honest, I have never completed such an important task alone before, but I will do my best..."
"Mr. Michel, I believe you can do it."
The man with long curly hair in front of Barron is a designer from the London design department of Gucci Group, named Alexander Michel.
Alexander Michel was born in Rome in 1972 and graduated from the world's top fashion school, the Rome Institute of Fashion.
His early career began at Fendi, where he worked as a senior accessories designer.
As a designer with great potential, Alexander was recruited by Tom Ford in 2002 and began working in the Gucci Group's design department in London.
In the original time and space, in 2006, Alexander Michel was appointed creative director of the leather goods department, and in May 2011 he was promoted to deputy to Frida Giannini, design director of the Gucci Group.
And the "important task" he got this time was the result of Barron's choice.
The reason why he was chosen was because Barron had a deep impression of this name in his previous life. It was he who was saved by Frida Giannini when she suddenly resigned. He was promoted from the position of deputy to the position of design director of Gucci Group. He created a new series for Gucci in five days and broke the impression that the brand had long been boring, thus saving Gucci...
Well, Barron heard about this from a model and designer friend (PY) in his previous life...
He also learned at the time that since Alexander Michel took office in 2015, Gucci, under his leadership, has achieved rapid growth in performance and even become a "phenomenal" brand, deeply influencing the fashion circle from design to visual style.
He created a new image for Gucci that was retro, literary, and gender-ambiguous, which was once very popular in the market. For this reason, he was called the well-deserved "dream maker" in the high fashion industry and gave Gucci a unique visual language.
Therefore, after proposing his ideas to the Gucci Group, he saw Alexander Michel's name on the list of their London design department and "appointed" him to complete this task.
All Alexander Michel needs to do is to create a new series of haute couture for the Gucci Group - the "Devonhill" series of fashion.
Barron hopes to make Gucci's "Devon Hill" series into a top luxury ceiling like Hermès' "Himalaya Platinum"!
To this end, Alexander Michel will go to Chatsworth House to draw inspiration, where he will live for a period of time. The estate will also open to him almost all of its collections and the clothing and accessories retained by the Devonhill family, allowing Alexander to embody the long history and aristocratic style of the entire Devonhill family in Gucci's "Devonhill" series.
The ultimate goal is to make the Gucci brand's "Devon Hill" series debut at the Paris Fashion Week in September and October this year. Of course, this requires everything to go well...