It only rated mention as being surprising rather than anything party political. The details were so far removed from what we might expect from the Conservatives

It only rated mention as being surprising rather than anything party political. The details were so far removed from what we might expect from the Conservatives. Well, any modern party really. > moratorium on price and wage increases Economically the seventies were rather a mess. A wage freeze would be challenging with double digit inflation. I remember power cuts at other times throughout the decade, I think up until the Thatcher govt came in to push back the unions.