james callaghan

James Callaghan (Labour 1976-77) The early months of 1977 were terrible ones for the Labour government. Only months earlier the Callaghan had faced the humiliation of going to the IMF for a loan, the conditions of which required the Chancellor Denis Healey to announce significant cuts in public...

Tony Crosland was one of the most influential thinkers on the socially democratic right wing of the Labour Party from the 1950s onwards. A protégé of Hugh Gaitskell, he served as Education Secretary, President of the Board of Trade and Local Government Secretary in the first Wilson government...

By 1978 the UK's economy was improving and it had been four years since the last general election, so Prime Minister James Callaghan's decision not to call an election was as a surprise to many at the time. He thought that the economy would improve further in 1979 and therefore waiting would...

6 September 1978 10 Downing Street In his study in the confines of the townhouse, Prime Minister James 'Jim' Callaghan was crafting a carefully worded letter. Addressed to Her Majesty The Queen it was spelling out his plans to carry out both his best and worst-kept secret...

"Blinded by the light. Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light. Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night." -Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded by the Light --- Oh - look what the cat dragged in. Uhh... Hi...? It's you again. Yes it is...? Have you...