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Focuses on the plans of Great Britain government to enter into the European Community after 10 years of vainly battering at the Common Market door. Views of electorates on the idea of Great Britain joining the Common Market; Report that from the beginning the entry has provided the nation's highly determined, pro-European Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath with his secret weapon; Involvement of political parties on this issue and stand of politician Harold Wilson related to the matter; Speculations over the fate of the Prime Minister; View that even the most ardent Marketeers in the Labour Party are not going to save him from defeat on the European issue.

Comments on British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's announcement that he was calling a general election on June 18, 1970. Psychological advantage that Wilson is starting with; Expected reversal in the traditional roles of the two major political parties; Rival candidate Edward Heath's lack of the personal dynamism needed to foster the British appetite for upheaval and dislocation.

Offers a look at the strategy of the Conservative Party leader Ted Heath against the British Labour government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965. Claim that Wilson changed the socialist essence of the Labour Party's constitution; Similarities shared by Heath and Wilson; Difference in philosophies espoused by the two leaders; Key factors that helped the Labour Party win at the election; Criticism of left-wing members of the Labour Party against Wilson.

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.