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Jun 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
A reminder that tonight is the last night you can watch #ThisHouse by @mrJamesGraham on the @NationalTheatre youtube channel:



The brilliant story of British politics in the 1970s and the fall of the Labour Government... ImageImageImageImage
Then take a deep dive into the Tides of History archives of the 1970s.

From the End of Wilson

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To Callaghan's victory....

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.....and his dithering over an election

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With the rise of Thatcher 'the vote snatcher'

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Despite her controversies over hoarding

To the fall of the Government

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