Sheffield in United Kingdom

The Sheffield Rally in the History

The rally of 1992 held in Sheffield has come under criticism as one of the reasons for Kinnock’s defeat by the Tories. It seemed more like a presidential rally with rock and classical music, meant to reflect the Labour Party’s appeal to a changing electorate. Many people have highlighted the party’s over-confidence as being a contributory factor to the party’s failure to win a majority in the 1992 election. For example, they used the term ‘the cabinet of tomorrow’ to describe the shadow cabinet as they came on to stage. Despite blame for their defeat being pinned to the rally, the economy was the most significant issue, behind Labour’s inability to defeat the Tories.