Post by hullenedge on Nov 1, 2014 15:04:00 GMT
Quite a leap for the imagination but...Labour hold the Hull North by-election with an increased majority on 27th January 1966, Wilson announces on 28th February that an election will be held on 31st March, Callaghan delivers a bland budget on 1st March bar the go ahead for decimalisation, the polls (except for The Economist's constituency samples) point to a modest Labour victory however whilst on the campaign trail Labour's leaders are repeatedly told by their activists that the canvassing returns do not match the polls, George Brown Labour's Deputy Leader fears that he may lose his Belper constituency, Ted Heath is warmly received as he travels around Britain, an eve-of-election poll gives the Tories a 1% lead but is ignored...the results are announced and to much amazement Heath leads the Conservatives to victory. CON 336, LAB 284, LIB 8, OTHS 2:-
www.dropbox.com/s/goh7xn48i2jk85l/1966%20cartogram.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/tbqg81afgxkmfvf/London.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/32zkhhp7bin4wic/Metro%20North.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/f17vj73kqxu1ngv/Midlands.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/8bphjmv5n1adclt/North.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/5081nh2rsn03knw/Scotland.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/kuk4dpsaohte26r/South%20East.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/su923yivhn27uak/South%20West.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/wp7j1e5cli0ufpz/Wales.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/lynmw17qxuf2z3y/1966%20virtual%20results%20.docx?dl=0
(thanks to Votefinder)
Wilson quits as Labour leader and is replaced by Callaghan. The Tories propose a new decimalisation scheme - the pound will be abolished instead 10 pennies in a shilling, 10 shillings in a Royal (two Royals equivalent to a pound)...however there will not be a devaluation against the dollar. Heath, to great fanfare, submits the UK's application to join the EEC. After the initial honeymoon there are a few niggles for the government - the rise of Scottish and Welsh nationalism, Enoch Powell storming out of cabinet, by-election losses, disappointing locals and growing cause for concern about the balance of payments.
On 19th November 1967 the UK is forced to devalue. The decimalisation scheme is scrapped as investors took fright at plans to abolish the pound. Iain McLeod, in his posthumous memoirs, admitted that he had been dissembling to parliament about the state of the economy.
On 27th November 1967 a second blow to the government as de Gaulle vetoes the UK's entry to the EEC. The British 'European Dream' is dead and Ted Heath's premiership in tatters.
Reginald Maudling becomes PM. He sets out a vision of a free-trading Britain, an expansion of EFTA and stronger links with the Commonwealth.
www.dropbox.com/s/goh7xn48i2jk85l/1966%20cartogram.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/tbqg81afgxkmfvf/London.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/32zkhhp7bin4wic/Metro%20North.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/f17vj73kqxu1ngv/Midlands.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/8bphjmv5n1adclt/North.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/5081nh2rsn03knw/Scotland.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/kuk4dpsaohte26r/South%20East.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/su923yivhn27uak/South%20West.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/wp7j1e5cli0ufpz/Wales.PNG?dl=0
www.dropbox.com/s/lynmw17qxuf2z3y/1966%20virtual%20results%20.docx?dl=0
(thanks to Votefinder)
Wilson quits as Labour leader and is replaced by Callaghan. The Tories propose a new decimalisation scheme - the pound will be abolished instead 10 pennies in a shilling, 10 shillings in a Royal (two Royals equivalent to a pound)...however there will not be a devaluation against the dollar. Heath, to great fanfare, submits the UK's application to join the EEC. After the initial honeymoon there are a few niggles for the government - the rise of Scottish and Welsh nationalism, Enoch Powell storming out of cabinet, by-election losses, disappointing locals and growing cause for concern about the balance of payments.
On 19th November 1967 the UK is forced to devalue. The decimalisation scheme is scrapped as investors took fright at plans to abolish the pound. Iain McLeod, in his posthumous memoirs, admitted that he had been dissembling to parliament about the state of the economy.
On 27th November 1967 a second blow to the government as de Gaulle vetoes the UK's entry to the EEC. The British 'European Dream' is dead and Ted Heath's premiership in tatters.
Reginald Maudling becomes PM. He sets out a vision of a free-trading Britain, an expansion of EFTA and stronger links with the Commonwealth.
