The closest to a balance was probably the 15-year period between the election of Wilson and the arrival of Thatcher. That is probably *the precise reason* why both Left and Right were frustrated with society at the time, both wanting extreme changes their way. In the event, arguably neither won, because what happened after 1979 was neither socialist nor conservative in any previously recognisable sense.

Do you think Lawrie and Ginty might, if they were around now, sound somewhat Mockney, with the others sticking resolutely to RP? It has always been noted, quite accurately, that young women do this less than young men, though I think that might be changing by now.