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Tag Archives: Edward Heath
Calling all (historical) cliches: Winters of Discontent
When was the Winter of Discontent? Oh, pretty much every winter in the 1970s. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading
Revive 45: November 1974
ALWYN TURNER wonders if it can really be 45 years since the Rollers, the Rubettes and David Essex were in the chart. Continue reading
PMX bandits
How will Theresa May shape up as an ex-prime minister, wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
‘Petty differences’: Not a government of national unity
ALWYN TURNER remembers the appeals for the country to come together in 1974. Continue reading
‘Where there is discord’: The 1979 election
ALWYN TURNER on the arrival of Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street. Continue reading
Revive 45: February 1974
ALWYN TURNER remembers the music from the days of Harold Wilson’s third election victory. Continue reading
Crisis? What crisis?
ALWYN TURNER on James Callaghan’s little local difficulty in 1979. Continue reading
‘Stupid boy’: Hague as leader
A weak leader, an ageing party, bitter divisions over Europe – ALWYN TURNER remembers William Hague’s Tories. Continue reading
A brief history of fly-posting
From Napoleon III to the Sex Pistols – an extract from ‘Pin-Ups’ by ROGER CRIMLIS and ALWYN TURNER. Continue reading
‘Mad, literally mad’
ALWYN TURNER on the extraordinary figure of Enoch Powell. Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 