01-03-2018, 06:35 PM
5207
Re: Leisurely Scribbles (part 5)
Originally Posted by
solo
->
Gizza a clue Rj .
Obituary: Lord Callaghan of Cardiff
MARCH 27, 2005
Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, who has died at the age of 92, was one of the most popular politicians of his generation - he was known as Sunny Jim - and the only person in the 20th century to hold the four most important offices of government: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister.
-------------------------------------------------------
Jim Callaghan enters No.10 in 1976
Jim Callaghan entered Number Ten as prime minister in 1976
In the midst of this "winter of discontent" of 1978-79, Callaghan returned from a summit on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, and gave some an impression of complacency when he denied there was mounting chaos.
"Crisis? What crisis?" said the Sun headlines next day. Before long, the government was in a parliamentary crisis, when the Scottish Nationalists and other minor parties deserted Labour over devolution.
In a vote of confidence, Labour lost by one vote, the first time this had happened in 50 years. In the excited parliamentary atmosphere that followed, Callaghan acknowledged that the government's time had run out.
viz
"Snow what snow"