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Stephen Ingle, Politics: The Year of the Jubilee, Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 April 2003, Pages 141–156, https://doi.org/10.1093/parlij/gsg010
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Abstract
2002 was the year of the Queen's Jubilee, but it was also marked by the increasingly uneasy relationship between politics and the media, exacerbated by allegation of Labour sleaze and ending in what was inevitably dubbed ‘Cheriegate’. The Conservatives continued to make little or no headway, new opportunities seemed to be opening up for the Liberal Democrats, but Labour suffered from falling membership, a growing discontent among its own supporters and increasing disenchantment among voters. Yet the government did not lack achievements–rearranging Commons sitting hours, taking more initiatives in public policy and local government, and seeing the bedding down of devolution. On the other hand, government policy on Iraq looked likely to cause it serious problems with the Labour Party and public opinion and 2003 did not look promising.
