1. British Electioneering.
- Author
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Paterson, Peter
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PRIME minister elections , *POLITICAL campaigns , *POLITICAL candidates , *POLITICAL parties , *STRIKES & lockouts ,BRITISH politics & government, 1964-1979 ,BRITISH prime ministers - Abstract
Focuses on the electioneering of the prime ministerial candidates Harold Wilson and Edward Heath in the general election in Great Britain. Failure of the Labour or Liberal parties to snatch the initiative from the Tories; Statement made by Heath explaining that Labour has surrendered to the extremists and the militants; Action taken by Heath to stop the miners from suspending their strike during the election; Failure of Wilson to dictate the issues of the balance of payments crisis, the energy crisis, the Common Market and the cost of living in the election.
- Published
- 1974