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In otl the Labour Government was forced to push through cuts by the IMF. A lot of this related to figures on deficits which were in fact wrong.
Suppose that had not happened.
Maybe it would have been possible to be more generous (Just in my personal opinion) to public sector workers and have avoided 'The Winter of Discontent'