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Presents an overview of the policy of Ted Heath, Prime Minister of Great Britain to handle developments in Northern Ireland. Salient features of his policy; Reasons for discarding old policy; Reference to the events in Ulster, Northern Ireland and Ireland; Incidents leading to a change of mind of Heath on Northern Ireland; Chances of success of the new policy.

Focuses on the British politics. Discussion on the anti-European fight and their current political state; Achievement of a majority vote in the British House of Commons by Edward Heath; Possible election for deputy leader of the British Labour Party; Effect of Common Market entry on British politics.

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.

Examines the mistakes committed by the Tory Party of Great Britain in electing Ted Heath as leader of the political party. Conflict among members of the party concerning Rhodesia; Implications of the decision of the party to elect a young leader on the public image of the party as opposed to its rival, the Labour Party; Failure of Heath to assert his leadership in the party; Disadvantages imposed by the election on Heath.

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.