Hardly any fuss is being made of this week's fortieth anniversary of the 1979 General Election. Where it is being mentioned at all, then it is in relation to Margaret Thatcher's status as Britain's first woman Prime Minister. There is no sense that it was an ideological watershed.
The reason for that is because it wasn't. The Callaghan Government had turned to monetarism in 1977, and the transition from one monetarist Government to another was not, and is not, politically interesting in itself.
If those who are trying to bring down Jeremy Corbyn, for all his faults, were to have their way, then Britain would return to having no debate on economic policy, or indeed on foreign policy, where the hegemony goes back to 1956 at the latest.
Sadly, most Labour MPs are, and will remain, among those who wish to see the restoration of that sorry state of affairs. Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.
It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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