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- Kleuske
- Many thanks.
- I'm in the middle of writing a paper on UK general election results and found myself reading a poor piece of analysis on Black Wednesday so made a quick change. I don't have the time to find the source today.
- My source is the fact that I lived through the 1990s in the UK observing and teaching politics and know for a stone cold "fact" that the export boom that followed Black Wednesday and the UK coming out of the ERM was a happy accident for Major and Clarke. The idea that the Tories should gain (historical) credit from being forced out of ERM and having no need to sustain interest rates at 12-15% to sustain a hugely overvalued pound is totally invalid.
- But thanks. I'll try to find the time to find an academic source.
- Cheers!
- Doc Craig DrCWT (talk) 09:24, 18 May 2023 (UTC)