1962 Tory Party lose the by-election in Orpington to the Liberals. It was the first seat the Conservative government lost since the general election back in 1959. “We must not stop in our efforts to over-throw Tory blunder” said the winning Liberal candidate Eric Lubbock.
1967 “Stop the world, Scotland wants to get on.” With these famous words, prominent SNP politician Winifred Ewing took the Labour strong hold of Hamilton and set a new era for Scottish nationalism.
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