At about 2:55:00, a great interview of a factory worker and the guy from management who had just become an MP. Labour for the workers, Tories for the bosses. Fascinating!
@johnking5174 I was merely making a point about another referendum that the people of the UK voted for years later. You don't have to sound rude about my comment.
25:16 Astrologer was doing so well until she explained why Jeremy Thorpe was such a ladies man and that there would be a Liberal government in the 1980s!
October 1974 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland General Election: 635 Seats Total - 318 Seats needed for Majority. PARTY: # of Seats Won (Popular Vote %) ✓LAB: 319 (39.2%) CON: 277 (35.8%) LP: 13 (18.3%) SNP: 11 (2.9%) OTHERS: 15 (3.8%) Swing (CON to LAB): 2.1% Turnout: 72.8% (-6% from February 1974) Result: -Harold Wilson to continue as Prime Minister. -Labour Majority Government with a 3 seat Majority. (Smallest Majority in U.K. Election History) -This will be the last Labour Victory until 1997 (22 years, 6 months, and 22 days later).
