Rural Life

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 7:32 pm on 4 November 1997.

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Photo of Mr Peter Bradley Mr Peter Bradley Labour, The Wrekin 7:32, 4 November 1997

The right hon. Gentleman commended to the House his Government's stewardship of the countryside over the past 18 years. How would he account for the fact that the landslide on 1 May was almost as impressive in the countryside as it was in the towns? Some 50 seats there fell to the Labour party on 1 May and several more fell to the Liberal Democrats. Can he account for that phenomenon?