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Actually, this election will not affect these issues much. Neither of the two largest parties, or for that matter any of the smaller ones, are offering dramatic new policies; Britons face the same "choice" they have had since 1964: Heath or Wilson. Similar as these two sly, unadmirable men have always been, they have never seemed so indistinguishable as now--whichever one is elected will be powerless. The problems Britain faces are certainly not insoluble, but they outrun the imagination and power of any British government--and certainly any possible British prime minister...
...coalition means a willingness to join the Conservatives. If the Liberals are to continue to receive the benefit of protest votes from dissatisfied voters of both parties they must insure that they are not too closely identified with either one of the major parties. For this reason, Thorpe rejected Heath's post-election offer last February to join the Conservatives. "The Liberals do not want a three-party system," one commentator has observed. "They want to replace one of the parties in the present two-party system, but they are divided over which one it should...
SUCH A MOVE would be eased by the long-overdue withdrawal of Edward Heath as Conservative leader of the Opposition. Heath holds an honored place among the bankrupt political figures of the Western world. William Whitelaw, who did what he could in good faith in Northern Ireland and who appeals to the English sense of fair play, is an attractive replacement for Heath. But it is unlikely Heath will step down unless the election results are disastrous for the Tories. So far he has led a lackluster campaign and the polls put Wilson about 14 per cent ahead. Such polls...
...Tories are making inflation and Wilson's failure to handle it the campaign's main issue. They have promised to avoid the "confrontation politics" that led Heath to try last winter to force wage guidelines on the coal miners (leading to the miners' disastrous 11-week slowdown and 4-week strike). But the Conservatives insist that they are still prepared to enact laws to enforce wage-price restraints if necessary. They are also calling for strict control of public spending and for a more moderate growth of the money supply. These measures could probably slow the surge...
...power,' notes former Labor Minister Lord Chalfont, 'is moving away from the elected legislature' and toward mighty nonelective bodies such as the trade unions. Polls indicate that only 10% feel that the government is the real power in Britain; 66% think that it is the unions. Heath's disastrous confrontation with the coal miners revealed the limits to an elected government's ability to enforce its policies...