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Callaghan calls an Election in 1978
1978 Jim Callaghan (Labour Minority) 1
1978-1979 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative Minority) 2
1979-1982 Denis Healey (Labour Majority) 3
1982-1985 Denis Healey (Labour Minority with Liberal Confidence and Supply) 4
1985-1989 Norman Tebbitt (Conservative Majority) 5
1. Callaghan calls an election in 1978. The Tories win 304 seats to Labour's 303. The IMF saga is blamed for the loss
2. Thatcher enacts swingeing cuts in expenditure and tries to impose strict anti-trade union laws with support from the UUP. Widespread industrial action leads to a no-confidence vote in 1979 which Thatcher loses by 1 vote (Gerry Fitt)
3. Healey wins a slender majority and sticks with expenditure cuts. Unions threaten action but threats of a Tory return brings them into line.
4. The UK wins the Falklands War but with over 300 military deaths. Labour calls an election but loses its overall majority. Healey gets support from the Liberals
5. Loss of Liberal support leads to an election which The Tories win. Tebbitt orders the IRA leadership assassinated following the Brighton Bombing as well as announcing coal mine cuts. Scargill calls a strike in 1986 but miners in the Midlands breakaway due to fears of economic hardship.
1978 Jim Callaghan (Labour Minority) 1
1978-1979 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative Minority) 2
1979-1982 Denis Healey (Labour Majority) 3
1982-1985 Denis Healey (Labour Minority with Liberal Confidence and Supply) 4
1985-1989 Norman Tebbitt (Conservative Majority) 5
1. Callaghan calls an election in 1978. The Tories win 304 seats to Labour's 303. The IMF saga is blamed for the loss
2. Thatcher enacts swingeing cuts in expenditure and tries to impose strict anti-trade union laws with support from the UUP. Widespread industrial action leads to a no-confidence vote in 1979 which Thatcher loses by 1 vote (Gerry Fitt)
3. Healey wins a slender majority and sticks with expenditure cuts. Unions threaten action but threats of a Tory return brings them into line.
4. The UK wins the Falklands War but with over 300 military deaths. Labour calls an election but loses its overall majority. Healey gets support from the Liberals
5. Loss of Liberal support leads to an election which The Tories win. Tebbitt orders the IRA leadership assassinated following the Brighton Bombing as well as announcing coal mine cuts. Scargill calls a strike in 1986 but miners in the Midlands breakaway due to fears of economic hardship.
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