Britain needs its Mummy: Jim Callaghan | Post War British Prime Ministers, 1945-1979
It's the finale of our Titanic series on Britain's post-war decline, and we reach Jim Callaghan and the Winter of Discontent. There are rubbish bags and corpses piling up in the streets. Everyone's on strike. Lads; it's time for mummy to come and pick you up. The show for people who like history but don't care what…
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