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...much in a name as there used to be: the times defy the old labels of right and left, capitalist and socialist. Still, there were those who found global meaning in the stunning upset engineered by Britain's Conservative Party (see THE WORLD). The election of Ted Heath, following the victories of Georges Pompidou and Richard Nixon in recent years, may indicate some Atlantic longing for the more traditional positions their parties occupy...
...their parents do. Furthermore, statistics show that the younger the voting group, the lower the percentage actually voting. And the President could also take heart from the news from England, where 18-year-olds voted for the first time last week. They clearly did not hurt Conservative Edward Heath...
OUTSIDE No. 10 Downing Street, a crowd of 1,500 Londoners waited expectantly behind lines of blue-suited bobbies. A blue Rover limousine braked to a stop; surging through the police lines, the crowd cheered. Edward ("Ted") Heath, 53, who normally masks his emotions, broke into a triumphant smile. Then, as the crowd fell silent, Britain's new Prime Minister spoke from the steps of 10 Downing Street. Invoking the liberal and unifying concept of Benjamin Disraeli, founder of the modern Conservative Party, Heath said: "To govern is to serve. Our purpose is not to divide but to unite...
...British custom, moving vans arrived at No. 10 with almost indecent haste to cart away the household possessions of defeated Harold Wilson and his wife Mary. Shortly before Heath went in the front door, the Wilsons left swiftly through the back exit. Said Wilson: "She never thought of it as home." In fact, the Wilsons had no real home. Until they found new digs, Heath graciously offered them the use of Chequers, the prime ministerial weekend estate, 40 miles northwest of London...
...Labor Party. "If Powell has evidence of traitors in government departments," said Home Secretary James Callaghan, who oversees British internal security, "he has not made any approach to me. If this is more than a smear scare, I must ask him to come to me at once." But Heath, who in 1968 expelled Powell from his Shadow Cabinet because of his racial views, refused to censure Powell for fear of provoking a split in the Tories. Many theorized that Powell, foreseeing a Tory defeat at the polls, was seeking to lay the foundations for a post-election challenge to Heath...