Jan 5 Major appears on Breakfast With Frost and attacks Lib-Lab talks on the constitution. In Tears' campaign. Jan 6 Labour launches pre-election campaign. Jan 15 Paddy Ashdown makes keynote speech launching Lib Dems pre-election campaign. Jan 16 Conservative MP Iain Mills found dead.
Government slips into teporary minority.
Jan 30 George Gardiner deselected as Conservative candidate for Reigate. Feb 5 Militant Labour relaunches as the Socialist Party. The Government survives a censure motion for its handling of the BSE crisis. Mar 8 George Gardiner's defection to the Referendum Party is announced.