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The result of the May 1979 general ele redictably, another hung parliant.
Perhaps ''''predictably'''' is to a word. ''''irely ued'''' would be a re fitting description.
irely ued, because a redu in Labour''''s seats was to be expected after a strike season the public had ''''fondly''''—or rather, through gritted teeth—dubbed the ''''Winter of Distent''''. What was slightly ued was that the scale of the attrition was surprisingly det. heless, the 301 seats Labour o retain were still short of a jority, and the politically excruciating stalete of 1974 repeated itself.
History, with its characteristid faintly g flourish, wrote the sa chapter once re: the servative leader again failed to persuade Her Majesty to fora gover with fewer seats than Labour; thus, Labour once again ford a preinority gover.
Only this ti, its lifespan proved even re short-lived than anticipated.
It failed even to survive that year''''s Christs, forced to kno the electorate''''s door once re iing winds of Deceer.
The political wisdoof seeking a publidate at such a ti of year was, frankly, baffling. One only igihe ''''heartfelt gratitude'''' of the shivering voters queuing at the polling stations.
The result?
The result was, naturally, logical.
Labour''''s support eroded still further.
In January 1980, when the dust settled, the servatives had secured 306 seats, while Labour retreated to 285. For the third ti sihe ske of the Sed World War had cleared, Britain was t with the faliar spectacle of a hung parliant. Evidently, with the lessons of the past fresh in his nd, the new servative leader, David Northcote, acted decisively, resolving to join forces with the Liberal Party, which had uedly surged to clai27 seats.
On Friday, the 18th of January, the fog had not yet lifted, and the chill reined sharp.
Following a round of rerkably effit iations—an efficy that spoke re of y than zeal, or rather, no choice—The Right Honourable David Henry NorthP, leader of the servative Party, and The Right Honourable Richard Hugh Trevelyan MP, leader of the Liberal Party, signed a coalition agreent.
A servative-Liberal coalitio was born.
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The coalitio list was nothihan a delicate balang act.
The core red boxes had to rein firy iive hands, predonantly with the party''''s derate wing, but the reforst fa also required appeasent. Meanwhile, the Liberals o be placated and courted, especially their rising star—Charles Hyde.
Forty-one, eic, with a rcurial nd, his star was in the asdant within the Liberal Party, and he held a certain ineffable appeal even for the servative derates.
He needed a suitable post. Not so iortant as to threaten the servative foundation; not so paltry as te their Liberal allies; and preferably, ohat looked suitably iressive.
And so, a departnt was ceived:
The Departnt of Synergy Coordination.
Within the precise and antiquated e of British gover, the DSC''''s birth was initially regarded by all civil servants as a delicate political vase, offered by Pri Minister Northcote to the Liberal Party.
But, heless—or rather, therefore—it required fitting out with the full plent of pos befitting a et departnt.
And a capable Per Secretary is a standard fitting for every departnt.
With rerkable speed, a rerkably young na was nonated by the et Office Secretariat and placed before the Pri Minister.
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Nuer 10, Downing Street.
The roowas shrouded in the wiwilight. The sole source of light was a heavy green banker''''s la on the desk, casting a jaundiced glow over untains of red dispatch boxes.
Pri Minister Northcote''''s fiips tapped on a slifile before hi the paper''''s edge alst translut in the lalight.
Lord Alis
The result of the May 1979 general ele redictably, another hung parliant.
Perhaps ''''predictably'''' is to a word. ''''irely ued'''' would be a re fitting description.
irely ued, because a redu in Labour''''s seats was to be expected after a strike season the public had ''''fondly''''—or rather, through gritted teeth—dubbed the ''''Winter of Distent''''. What was slightly ued was that the scale of the attrition was surprisingly det. heless, the 301 seats Labour o retain were still short of a jority, and the politically excruciating stalete of 1974 repeated itself.
History, with its characteristid faintly g flourish, wrote the sa chapter once re: the servative leader again failed to persuade Her Majesty to fora gover with fewer seats than Labour; thus, Labour once again ford a preinority gover.
Only this ti, its lifespan proved even re short-lived than anticipated.
It failed even to survive that year''''s Christs, forced to kno the electorate''''s door once re iing winds of Deceer.
The political wisdoof seeking a publidate at such a ti of year was, frankly, baffling. One only igihe ''''heartfelt gratitude'''' of the shivering voters queuing at the polling stations.
The result?
The result was, naturally, logical.
Labour''''s support eroded still further.
In January 1980, when the dust settled, the servatives had secured 306 seats, while Labour retreated to 285. For the third ti sihe ske of the Sed World War had cleared, Britain was t with the faliar spectacle of a hung parliant. Evidently, with the lessons of the past fresh in his nd, the new servative leader, David Northcote, acted decisively, resolving to join forces with the Liberal Party, which had uedly surged to clai27 seats.
On Friday, the 18th of January, the fog had not yet lifted, and the chill reined sharp.
Following a round of rerkably effit iations—an efficy that spoke re of y than zeal, or rather, no choice—The Right Honourable David Henry NorthP, leader of the servative Party, and The Right Honourable Richard Hugh Trevelyan MP, leader of the Liberal Party, signed a coalition agreent.
A servative-Liberal coalitio was born.
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---
---
The coalitio list was nothihan a delicate balang act.
The core red boxes had to rein firy iive hands, predonantly with the party''''s derate wing, but the reforst fa also required appeasent. Meanwhile, the Liberals o be placated and courted, especially their rising star—Charles Hyde.
Forty-one, eic, with a rcurial nd, his star was in the asdant within the Liberal Party, and he held a certain ineffable appeal even for the servative derates.
He needed a suitable post. Not so iortant as to threaten the servative foundation; not so paltry as te their Liberal allies; and preferably, ohat looked suitably iressive.
And so, a departnt was ceived:
The Departnt of Synergy Coordination.
Within the precise and antiquated e of British gover, the DSC''''s birth was initially regarded by all civil servants as a delicate political vase, offered by Pri Minister Northcote to the Liberal Party.
But, heless—or rather, therefore—it required fitting out with the full plent of pos befitting a et departnt.
And a capable Per Secretary is a standard fitting for every departnt.
With rerkable speed, a rerkably young na was nonated by the et Office Secretariat and placed before the Pri Minister.
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---
---
Nuer 10, Downing Street.
The roowas shrouded in the wiwilight. The sole source of light was a heavy green banker''''s la on the desk, casting a jaundiced glow over untains of red dispatch boxes.
Pri Minister Northcote''''s fiips tapped on a slifile before hi the paper''''s edge alst translut in the lalight.
Lord Alis