Labour has a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and the Tories know it | Larry Elliott
by Larry Elliott from on (#3457A)
People are ready for a radical change. Trying to brand Corbyn a Marxist throwback who wants to turn Britain into Venezuela won't work
Jim Callaghan would have had some sympathy for Theresa May as she struggled with her croaky voice and the prankster handing her a mock P45. Back in 1979 when Margaret Thatcher was on the brink of power, the then Labour prime minister summed up what it was like to feel authority slipping away. "There are times, perhaps once every 30 years, when there is a sea change in politics," Callaghan said. "It then does not matter what you say or what you do. There is a shift in what the public wants and what it approves of."
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