February: First National Women's Liberation Conference held in Oxford
June: Edward Heath wins general election with majority of thirty
July: First issue of The Ecologist published in London
October: Gay Liberation Front founded in London
1971
January: First British soldier killed in Ulster for half a century
November: National Union of Mineworkers begins overtime ban
1972
January: Miners begin national strike. British soldiers kill fourteen unarmed people during Bloody Sunday in Derry
February: Thousands of miners and other pickets, led by Arthur Scargill, force closure of Saltley coke depot in Birmingham, despite the efforts of hundreds of police. Miners' strike ends in total union victory
March: British government takes direct political control of Ulster
July: Abortive secret talks between British government and IRA leadership. First issue of Spare Rib published in London
1973
January: Britain admitted to EEC. Foundation of the PEOPLE Party, later the Green Party
October: Egypt invades Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula, sparking the oil crisis
November: Miners begin another overtime ban
1974
January: Three-day week to ration electricity consumption imposed by Heath government
February: Miners begin national strike. Heath calls early general election. Loses
March: Harold Wilson becomes prime minister without a majority. Ends three-day week
October: Wilson calls general election to win a majority. Wins majority of three. Scottish National Party (SNP) wins 30 per cent of Scottish vote
November: IRA kills twenty-one civilians in Birmingham pub bombings
1975
February: Margaret Thatcher defeats Heath in Conservative Party leadership contest
June: Referendum on whether Britain should remain in EEC. Pro-Europeans win by 67 per cent to 33 per cent
August: Watchfield free festival jointly staged by hippy anarchists and Wilson government. British inflation rate peaks at 26.9 per cent
November: Wilson and the Queen attend official opening of first British North Sea oil pipeline
1976
March: Wilson resigns as prime minister
April: Jim Callaghan wins Labour leadership contest and replaces Wilson as prime minister
August: Strike begins at Grunwick photo processing plant in London over employees' wish to be represented by a union
September: Sterling plunges against the dollar on the currency markets. Chancellor Denis Healey, on his way to a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), turns back from Heathrow. Callaghan tells Labour Party conference: 'The cosy world is gone.' Healey tells Labour conference Britain will ask the IMF for the biggest loan it has ever granted
November: IMF negotiators arrive in London demanding huge cuts in public spending in return for loan. Callaghan and Healey argue for smaller cuts. Majority of Callaghan's Cabinet want no cuts at all
November–December: Callaghan and Healey persuade Cabinet and IMF to accept more moderate cuts in public spending. Britain obtains IMF loan
1977
March: Callaghan negotiates Lib–Lab pact to shore up government's position in the Commons
June: First mass picket at Grunwick. Battles between pickets and police
June–July: Boycott of Grunwick mail by postal workers brings strikers to verge of victory
July: The National Association for Freedom, a radical right-wing group close to Thatcher, secretly collects and distributes the Grunwick mail. Possibility of strike victory recedes
1978
January: Inflation drops below 10 per cent for the first time since the oil crisis
March: Jack Jones, Callaghan's most powerful union ally, retires
April: Rock Against Racism campaign holds mass rally and festival in London
July: Lib–Lab pact ends. Grunwick strikers concede defeat
August: Conservatives and Saatchi and Saatchi launch 'Labour Isn't Working' poster campaign
Autumn: Labour overtakes Conservatives in opinion polls
September: Callaghan decides against calling widely expected autumn general election
November: Jack Jones's union goes on strike for higher pay. Other unions do the same. The Winter of Discontent begins
1979
January: Callaghan travels to the Caribbean for international summit and holiday. Probed by reporters on his return. The Sun summarizes his response: 'Crisis? What Crisis?'
January–February: Peak of the country-wide strike wave. Exceptionally cold weather
March: Winter of Discontent ends. Government's devolution proposals for Scotland and Wales rejected in referendums. SNP stops supporting Labour in the Commons. Government loses vote of confidence in the Commons. Callaghan calls May general election
April: General-election campaign. Large Conservative opinion-poll lead steadily narrows
May: Thatcher wins general election with majority of forty-three. Liberal vote collapses. Labour vote increases slightly
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