Word: hillhead
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...17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, between Liberals and Conservatives in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and between Laborites and Conservatives since then. Though the S.D.P.-Liberal alliance has only 41 mem bers in Parliament (twelve Liberals, 29 Social Democrats), including Jenkins' new seat from Hillhead, its prospects induced euphoria. "I want to offer a new choice to the people of Britain," said Jenkins last week. "If that means offering myself as Prime Minister, then I am willing to do it." With general elections due no later than June 1984, the new allies present a powerful third force...
Jenkins' strong opposition came not only from the two major parties but from the Scottish Nationalists, who favor outright independence and usually command 10% to 15% of the vote in the district. Bordering the University of Glasgow, Hillhead is the best-educated constituency in Scotland, a community that stretches from handsome, rosy sandstone houses on sloping streets to grubby shops near the River Clyde below. The Tories came in with an edge, possession of the seat for more than six decades, the past 33 years served rather lacklusterly by Sir Thomas Galbraith, who died last January. In his stead...
...born in Wales, the son of an ambitious coal miner who was later a Labor M.P. But to counter the carpetbagging label, Jenkins sounded a decidedly Scottish note in his campaign speeches as time went on. He pledged that he would spend "the rest of my political life" representing Hillhead, and that he would not dash away to a safer English constituency at the first chance to move south. He supported the granting of greater autonomy for Scotland, including the formation of a regional assembly with authority to tax and with substantial legislative power. Jenkins pledged his firm support...
Jenkins' allies vigorously threw themselves into the battle, realizing that a defeat for one would be a setback for all and would severely damage the party. Williams sounded a near apocalyptic note. Jenkins' success in Hillhead, she warned, was "the last chance for Britain to find a democratic, moderate but radical alternative to revolution...
...votes were tallied last Thursday, it became clear that neither the unabashed pork barreling nor the charge of carpetbagging had succeeded. Roy Jenkins was Hillhead's man. The endless street work, the grace under catcalls and the sore hands had not only won the day, but might, in the future, prove a deciding factor in Britain's political fortunes. Within the next few weeks, the Social Democrats will poll their 78,000 dues-paying members on their choice for the party's permanent leader. The Hillhead victory should win Roy Jenkins the grateful support...