28-11-2009, 18:43
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Age: 47
Posts: 13,995
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Re: Is "Dave" on his way to doing a Kinnock '92-More Tory "mistakes."
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Originally Posted by TheNorm
Perhaps you are too young to remember "Sunny Jim" Callaghan, who was Home & Foreign Secretary, Chancellor and finally Prime Minister. He beggared up everything he touched - for example, he managed to get inflation above 25%, and was responsible for the Winter of Discontent - even though he famously invited trade union leaders to number 10 for beer and sandwiches.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent
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