ELECTION COMMENTARY: The publication this week of the Labour and Conservative Party manifestos could see the narrative of the campaign change significantly.
And as JOHN BRAGGINS, a former campaign adviser to Tony Blair, discovers, the LibDems could win seats in London
“Who governs Britain?”
That was the slogan on which Tory Prime Minister Ted Heath called the February 1974 General Election in his fight with the miners whose industrial action had brought the country to a three-day week. This was the same election that saw Enoch Powell urge voters not to vote Tory because of Britain’s position inside the European Economic Community.
I mention this only to demonstrate that regardless of what the Prime Minister of the day wants the election to be about, people and events will decide it for them. Continue reading
