Tony Blair - The Conservative Party Out of Office

The impact that blair had on the conservatives was actually quite profound. But not in the way that a lot of people might think. In 19 97, the tories had the fright of their life. They were down to the lowest number of seats they'd had for decades. And so when you ere in a party that's been through that kind of profound state of shock, what do you do? Well, what they did over the course of seven years was try to bring back their base and reconsolidate their base.