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How to Win a Referendum

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1979, Jim Callaghan 's Labour Government lost its Commons majority and had to rely on the support of the nationalist parties to survive. In return, they wanted devolution but it wasn't going to be easy.
Huw Edwards explains how James Callaghan lost a referendum and, in the process, lost power. Producer Chris Bond Repeated from Sunday 10.45pm

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