Do you want a strong Government which has clear authority for the future to take decisions which will be needed? Do you want Parliament and the elected Government to continue to fight strenuously against inflation? Or do you want them to abandon the struggle against rising prices under pressure from one particularly powerful group of workers ...
This time of strife has got to stop. Only you can stop it. It’s time for you to speak — with your vote. It’s time for your voice to be heard — the voice of the moderate and reasonable people of Britain: the voice of the majority. It’s time for you to say to the extremists, the militants, and the plain and simply misguided: we've had enough. There’s a lot to be done. For heaven’s sake, let’s get on with it.
Edward Heath, calling a general election, 07/02/1974. The result was one of the closest elections in British history; Heath failed to retain office by the skin of his teeth.
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