A trivial historic footnote for the bank holiday.
During the 1966 general election campaign, Prime Minister Harold Wilson visited the Birmingham Rag Market for a public meeting (scene of a famous* public meeting in the 1964 campaign when the then Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home got shouted down).
Compare and contrast the media coverage of the time.
Exhibit A: a Labour supporting paper
WILSON GETS THE BETTER OF TORY HECKLERS (The Worker)
Exhibit B: a Conservative supporting paper
HECKLERS GET THE BETTER OF WILSON (Daily Sketch)
However, to be fair, the Tory papers did not present a united reporting front on all issues:
WILSON: 15,000 IN BIG RIOT (Express – page 1 splash story)
MRS. WILSON HIT BY PAPER DART (Mail – small one paragraph story)
* Famous to afficonados of mid-1960s political public meetings held in cities beginning with the letter B.
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Did anyone claim that although there were 255 hecklers only 21 of them were shouting really loudly though 🙂
Excellent point, Hywel. Mark Pack has made a complete fool of himself – this lastest post shows what a sad person he is…
No it shows I know he has a good sense of humour.
http://www.order-order.com/2007/05/lynne-spends-22000-on-stationery-in.html