Chapter 398 Luxurious Ceiling

On May 5, the results of the British general election were announced.

The Labor Party, led by current Prime Minister Tony Blair, defeated the Conservative Party and won a majority in the new parliament.

Queen Elizabeth II meets with Labor leader Tony Blair and authorizes him to form a government.

This also made Blair the second prime minister in British history after Margaret Thatcher to serve three consecutive terms, and the first Labor leader to achieve this achievement.

However, analysts predict that since the Labor 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 election, the weakening of the Labor 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 British general election is not a direct vote on the candidate for the general leadership like in the United States. Instead, the seats obtained by each political party in the parliamentary election (House of Commons) determine the party that forms the government and the leader of the party. Naturally, he became the elected Prime Minister.

Often when a party is sure to win more than half of the seats in the House of Commons, it can be sure that it will win the election, otherwise it will need to form a coalition to form a government.

Of course, although the Conservative Party lost to the Labor Party in this election, it was not without results...

At this time, the total number of seats in the British Parliament was 646. Howard led the Conservative Party to expand their total number of MPs from 165 to 198, compressing New Labor's advantage in the Parliament from 238 to 157. This was undoubtedly a blow to Blair. New Labor was a heavy blow.

In addition, the Liberal Democratic Party performed very well in this election. They won 62 seats in the parliamentary election, 11 more seats than in the previous election.

This also means that compared with 2001, the Labor Party's overwhelming advantage in parliament no longer exists. If they cannot regain their prestige, they will be in very danger in the next general election.

In fact, Barron joked with Brown before, claiming that the Labor Party could win this election, which was not true because the leader of the Conservative Party graduated from Cambridge University.

But because the current economic situation in England is relatively satisfactory to the people, holding an election at this time will also be beneficial to the current ruling party.

In the past, in order to win the general election, they chose to hold early elections when the economic situation was good.

Yes, although the British election interval is five years, the ruling party is also allowed to announce elections in advance within five years.

For example, in the 1980s, the two House of Commons elections during Mrs Thatcher's administration were held in advance.

After Mrs. Thatcher came to power in 1979, in order to rectify the long-term sluggish British economy, she ambitiously formulated a set of "Thatcherism" economic reform plans and gritted her teeth through the first three difficult years.

By 1983, Mrs. Thatcher's reforms had produced results, and the British economy began to reach its trough. The international trade surplus reached 5.3 billion pounds, setting a historical record. The long-term uncontrollable inflation rate dropped to 4% in March 1983. is the lowest in 15 years.

Mrs. Thatcher saw this opportunity and announced that the term of the House of Commons, originally scheduled to end in May 1984, would be advanced to June 1983 for a general election. policies implemented.

Most British people who had just tasted the benefits of reform naturally voted for the Conservative Party.

As a result of the election, Mrs Thatcher was not only 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 Labor Party finally won the victory and Blair will be re-elected as Prime Minister, at the same time, the Labor Party's seats in Parliament are not an overwhelming advantage. Therefore, what policies Blair wants to implement next. I am afraid that it will be difficult to implement it smoothly under the attack of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.

And because the ruling party is the Labor Party, if Britain's economic situation declines, they will be the ones who have to foot 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 are happy to see such a situation occur.

At the next general election, it may be time for the Conservative Party, with Cameron as leader, to come to power.

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"Hello, Your Highness the Duke, I am honored to receive this challenging job. Although to be honest, I have never completed such a major job alone before, but I will try my best..."

"Mr. Michel, I believe you will do it."

The man with long curly hair in front of Barron at this time is a designer from the London Design Department of the Gucci Group named Alexander Michel.

Alexander Michel was born in Rome in 1972 and graduated from the Fashion Institute of Rome, one of the world's top universities.

His early career began at Fendi, where he served as senior accessories designer.

As a designer with great potential, Alexander was recruited by Tom Ford in 2002 and began working in the design department of the Gucci Group in London.

In the original time and space, in 2006, Alexander Michel was appointed as the creative director of the leather goods department, and in May 2011, he was promoted to the deputy of Gucci Group design director Frida Giannini.

And the "important task" he got this time was the result of Barron's choice.

The reason why he was selected is because Barron was still very impressed by this name in his previous life. It was he who was promoted to Gucci Group Design from the former's deputy position when Frieda Gianniani suddenly left her job and was rescued. After assuming the position of director, he quickly created a new series for Gucci in five days, breaking the already boring impression of the brand in one fell swoop, thereby saving Gucci...

Well, at that time, Barron heard this from her friend (PY), a model and designer in his previous life...

He also learned at the time that since Alexander Michel took office in 2015, Gucci has achieved rapid growth under his leadership and has even become a "phenomenal" brand, which has deeply influenced everything from design to visual style. into the fashion circle.

He created a new image of retro literature and gender ambiguity for Gucci, which was once popular in the market. For this reason, he is known as the well-deserved "master of dreams" in the high fashion industry, giving Gucci a unique visual language.

Therefore, after putting forward his own 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.

What Alexander Michel needs to do is to create a new series for the Gucci Group's high-end fashion - the "Devon Hill" series of fashion.

Barron hopes to make Gucci's "Devon Hill" series a luxury ceiling similar to Hermes' "Himalaya Platinum"!

For this purpose, Alexander Michel will go to Chatsworth House for inspiration, where he will live for a period of time and where he will have access to almost all of the collection and the clothing and accessories retained by the Devonshire family. , allowing Alexander to embody the long history and aristocratic style of the entire Devonshire family in Gucci's "Devonhill" series.

Ultimately, we will strive to have the Gucci brand's "Devon Hill" series debut at Paris Fashion Week from September to October this year. Of course, this requires that everything goes well...