Harold Wilson’s Dilemma

That the Socialists should have won the General Election is, of course, lamentable; lamentable for Britain and lamentable for Britain’s allies. But no one should underrate the extent of the Conservative achievement. Only a few months ago, all the polls and indeed most ordinary people and certainly all Socialists were predicting a massive Labor majority of 100 seats or more. The majority in fact is tiny; too small, we may hope, for the Labor government to impose any hard-core. Socialist legislation.

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Harold Wilson’s Dilemma

That the Socialists should have won the General Election is, of course, lamentable; lamentable for Britain and lamentable for Britain’s allies. But no one should underrate the extent of the Conservative achievement. Only a few months ago, all the polls and indeed most ordinary people and certainly all Socialists were predicting a massive Labor majority of 100 seats or more. The majority in fact is tiny; too small, we may hope, for the Labor government to impose any hard-core. Socialist legislation.