james callaghan succeeded harold wilson as labor prime minister after the latter's surprise resignationapril 1976. by march 77, labour's small majority of 84 votes had turned into a minority government after. who lost in the by-elections and from march 77 to august 78, callaghan ruled the country under an agreement with the liberal party in within the framework of the lip-lap pact. callaghan considered holding the election in the fall of '78, but ultimately decided that a possible economic recovery in '79 would favor his party in the election. however, the events did not go in favor of the aleybory government. a series of industrial conflicts in the winter of 1978-79, known as the "winter of discontent", led to mass strikes across the country and seriously undermined labour's electoral position. when the scottish national party refused to support the scotland act of 1978, there was a vote of no confidence that passed by one vote. 28 march 79 and demanded that callaghan either resign or call a general election. the prime minister traveled the short distance to buckingham palace to see th

leaving britain virtually bankrupt after two short spells in government in the 1960s and 70s under james callaghan wilson , labour came back harold wilson, labour came back with a bang in 1997, with the first blair landslide . tony first blair landslide. tony blair brought the party closer to the political centre and abolished its commitment to mass nationalisation of industry. blair also reversed his party's policy on unilateral nuclear disarmament and the events of black wednesday allowed labour to promise better economic management under the chancellorship of gordon brown . chancellorship of gordon brown. even after three consecutive election wins and then a stint of falling popularity, blair made way for gordon brown, who governed for just three years before losing to the conservative in 2010 conservative in the 2010 election. labour has been out in the wilderness ever since, and endured spell bitter endured a spell of bitter division under jeremy corbyn's leadership between 2015 and 2019, with the number of mps leaving the party for. good. five years on from corbyn's departure and the party i

leaving britain virtually bankrupt after two short spells in government in the 1960s and 70 under james callaghanng in 1997, with the first blair landslide . first blair landslide. >> tony blair brought the party closer to the political centre and abolished its commitment to mass nationalisation of industry. blair also reversed his party's policy on unilateral nuclear disarmament, and the events of black wednesday allowed labour to promise better economic management under the chancellorship of gordon brown . chancellorship of gordon brown. after three consecutive election wins and then a stint of falling popularity, made way for popularity, blair made way for gordon brown, who governed for just years losing just three years before losing to conservatives in the 2010 to the conservatives in the 2010 election. labour has been out in the wilderness ever since, and endured a spell of bitter division under jeremy corbyn's leadership between 2015 and 2019. but the number of mps leaving the party for. good. five years on from corbyn's departure and the party is almost unrecognisable now keir starmer hop

and while my granddaughter, mabel james, isn't quite old to be here tonight and just like general callaghan'snew grandchild, by the way, congratulations, general. [applause] >> so, mabel james is not here with us here tonight and she remind me why i'm here. she reminds me of why you're here. she reminds me why everyone that's listening in the state of rhode island is on board. because we all want a rhode island that's better for our kids, for our grandkids, for the next generation and the one after that. we want to ensure rhode island is a place they want to call home and a place they can afford to call home. and last year's state of the state we set a goal on education. this year, we're going to set a goal to raise per capita income by a minimum of $20,000 by the year 2030. [applause] >> just think, just think how much housing insecurity and food insecurity we could address as a state if we doubled down and worked to raise per capita income across rhode island helping every family in our state. and just like we did with our education goals, within the next 100 days, we all roll out a game pl