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Considering the many difficulties confronting Labour, it is easy to suppose that the years out of office were simple for the Conservatives. This is far from the case. They were uncertain and troubled. Internal strains were never absent and it required wise party management to prevent them from developing into seriously damaging quarrels.
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Harold Nicolson Diaries and Letters, Vol. IV (Collins, 1968).
Mr. Heath’s leadership is considered in three articles by Ian Trethowan in The Times (July 22, 23, 24, 1968).
See also an interview with Mr. Heath by David Butler, Listener, July 20 and 27, 1967).
Interesting articles on Conservative policy-making in opposition include David Watt, Financial Times, October 20, 1967, an anonymous article ‘Tories still searching for some new clothes’, The Times, June 11, 1968.
Peter Jenkins ‘It’s only make believe’ and ‘The real right road’, Guardian, February 3 and 20, 1970.
See Verbatim Report of an Economic Seminar (Old Queen Street Paper 2, Conservative Research Department, 1967). See also S. Brittan, Left or Right: the bogus dilemma, pp. 124–5 (Secker & Warburg, 1968) and his ‘Thoughts on the Conservative Opposition’, Political Quarterly, April/June 1968.
J. Bruce-Gardyne M.P., ‘The Strains of Opposition’, Spectator, September 13, 1968.
See David Watt ‘The Tories want more whizz kids in Whitehall’, the Financial Times, November 4, 1969.
See also John McGregor ‘Tories bring in scholars, lawyers and businessmen’, Glasgow Herald, May 12, 1970.
Robert Jones, ‘Towards a businesslike government’, The Times, August 3, 1970.
Colin Jones and David Watt, ‘The object is a middle-income society, with more aid for [the] poor’, the Financial Times, March 17, 1970.
Other useful articles on Sir Keith Joseph’s speeches are by Maurice Corina, ‘ Setting Industry Free’, The Times, March 9, 1970.
Nicholas Faith, ‘The 20 steps to civilised capitalism’, the Sunday Times, March 8, 1970, One of the fullest published accounts of Conservative tax proposals is ‘The Tory way with taxes’, Economist, June 13, 1970.
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Butler, D., Pinto-Duschinsky, M. (1971). A Troubled Opposition. In: The British General Election of 1970. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01095-0_3
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