My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
Two parties brought the Labour government of Jim Callaghan to its knees – the Liberals and the Scottish Nationalists. Both might have ended up wondering if they’d done the right thing. The SNP was furious at Callaghan for not pushing through Scottish devolution. Callaghan had let Scotland have a referendum on the condition that 40% …
Jim Callaghan heckled during his 1979 election speech
Scandal over an alleged gay relationship destroys a political career
The fall of Jim Callaghan – Labour prime minister – in 1979
Paul Weller takes the news badly
When I ran as a Labour candidate for the student union in 1982
1979 General Election – James Callaghan fights back – but it’s too little, too late
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher supported the reintroduction of capital punishment in the 1980s and agreed to free votes that ultimately failed
The 1979 general election saw Margaret Thatcher swept to power in the United Kingdom ushering in an era of polarisation as well as free market economics