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1959 General Election

Read about the 1959 general election in which Harold Macmillan’s Conservative Party defeated Hugh Gaitskell’s Labour Party.

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A lovely election night photo from 1959: slide rules FTW!

August 18, 2018 - 9:25 am

Via the amazing political scientist Richard Rose’s website comes this photograph of people working on the election night projections at the 1959 general election. … Read the full post »

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