Did You Vote For Heath?

Marshwarble | 15:50 Tue 11th Aug 2015 | History

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Do you still think he was better than Harold Wilson?

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Baldric

Better in what way(s)?

Jackdaw33

To my eternal shame, yes and yes. However, at the time, being a member of the Young Conservatives, I was looking at the world through blue-coloured spectacles. At the time Wilson was the bogeyman, but on reflection he was a much better performer than Heath. i still remember the scenes of utter jubilation in the college bar when Maggie kicked his ***.

Peter Pedant

yup I did actually

completely different political landscape then
the unions had immunity from civil suit and were hell bent on keeping their privileges - Boobz Castle had just got a beating over In Place of Strife, and there were these agreements called Solomon Binding which were neither Solemn nor Binding

and we were nowhere near the winter of discontent .... another ten years away

Mamyalynne

No.

Marshwarble

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Baldric, better as an ambassador for Britain, say?

chrissa1

Yes.

Peter Pedant

Jackie you have forgotten how two faced or false WIlson was

Papers were rushed over to Downing st at 10 30 pm so he could see how his image was developing. His proteges and lords appointees ended up in prison.

At lleast you could see Heath was an intellect

Jackdaw33

I'm not praising Wilson (I remember when the 50p coin replaced the ten bob note it was called a Wilson, two-faced and seven-sided). I just think that Heath turned out to be an even worse PM. Still, if it hadn't been for Heath we would never have had Maggie.

Marshwarble

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I expect many people here wouldn't vote Labour on principle.