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LABOUR prime minister was hanging on grimly to power amid attempts to unseat him in the teeth of a recession when Leatherhead last won a senior trophy. So you might argue there is little change between 1969 and the present day, save for swapping Harold... Full Article at Get Surrey
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Party led by Edward Heath won more votes across the country, but failed to win the highest number of seats. None of the parties secured an overall majority - after negotiations between the Conservatives to form a government with the Liberals failed,... Full Article at BBC News
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By 1964, after 13 years of Tory rule, the public were equally – albeit still uncertainly – ready to give Harold Wilson and Labour a chance again, but only confirmed that decision on the experience of a year and a half in the election of 1966. When... Full Article at The Independent
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He also made good on his pledge to squeeze the rich "until the pips squeak" by putting up the top rate of income tax from 75% to 83%. His proposed wealth tax was postponed, but he increased corporation tax by 12%. Two Conservative MPs wore Chairman Mao... Full Article at UK Poli Blogs
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He also made good on his pledge to squeeze the rich "until the pips squeak" by putting up the top rate of income tax from 75% to 83%. His proposed wealth tax was postponed, but he increased corporation tax by 12%. Two Conservative MPs wore... Full Article at BBC News
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P1 FBI fights crime on Facebook. P14 John Grisham's novels to be available as ebooks. P17 Obituary: Sir Trevor Lloyd-Hughes, journalist and Harold Wilson's No 10 press secretary. P32 Sex week on ITV1's This Morning: are they mad? G2, P2 John Harris on... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Nevertheless, the historical omens do not bode well. Labour’s first minority government in 1924 lasted for just nine months. A second, bolstered by occasional support from the Liberals, failed to alleviate the worst of the Depression. In 1974, Labour... Full Article at Irish Times
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Lloyd-Hughes, who has died aged 87, was a Downing Street press secretary in a bygone age, when the media was not 24/7 and was less self-absorbed. Nor had the word "spin" yet been imported from the US. As such, he did not rate a mention in the index of... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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It is true, however, that there has been a long history of polls underestimating the Tory vote, even before the New Labour era. Ted Heath's victory over Harold Wilson in 1970 came as much as a shock to the opinion pollsters as John Major's over Neil... Full Article at The Independent
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Mr Brown said. After he became an MP in 1945, Mr Foot acquired a reputation as a left-wing rebel with no apparent interest in holding office. In the early sixties, his refusal to toe the party line earned a period of expulsion from the parliamentary... Full Article at The Independent
