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leadership of Labour Party is quite clear. Healey says Foot is in charge so he must be. Benn stops canvassing. 'Politics private matter' he says.
Wednesday June 8: Daily Mail world exclusive: Andropov letter to Foot: "We hope you win Britain's last ever election, comrade. " Thatcher asks army to guard polling booths to prevent IRA/GLC guerrilla squads blowing up pensioners. Shore, Wilson and Callaghan take part in TV discussion: "Why Labour lost the election". Healey says Foot will stay on as party leader "at least until Thursday afternoon"
Thursday June 9: Daily Mail leads on "Red Foot letter rumpus grows" • Guardian fails to appear as all journalists are on SDP hustings. Poll of Polls show Tories 91%; Labour 6%; Alliance 2½%. Owen says Labour are coming apart at the seams. Alliance poised for breakthrough. Thatcher says she is too busy on Cabinet reshuffle to vote. Foot says Labour's manifesto is quite clear and his advisers are working on redraft in time for lunch. Newsnight eve of poll poll shows that if everyone voted like Vincent Hanna there wouli be a landslide.
Election results give Thatcher 40 more seats than Labour (32%). Liberals have 17 seats. SDP 2.
Friday June iO: Thatcher drives in triumph through London. Foot launches redraft manifesto at press conference attended only by Morning Star. Stay in EEC, keep nuclear weapons, find some tiny forgotten island to go to war over. Unemployed to be fined until they get a job. Roy Jenkins loses Hillhead but goes to palace and pleads to be Prime Minister anyway. Daily Mail admits Andropov ONE letter a forgery. Lord Dacre says he was fooled by the Moscow postmark.
Saturday June 11: Healey: Shore, Callaghan blame Benn. Livingstone and Foot for election result. Thatcher abolishes the health service. Announces plan tor home owners to buy their own Cruise missile. Shirley Williams says SDP have succeeded in aim of stopping a Labour government. World economic recovery over says Reagan. New slump on way. Opinion poll shows Tories 38%, Labour 515: SDP Alliance 11%. Unemployment up a million. Row breaks out over break in at Labour Party campaign headquarters in Bradford...
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