#OTD 1976. James Callaghan becomes Labour’s fourth Prime Minister.

The leadership contest was the first to be fought in thirteen years following the shock resignation of Harold Wilson

A thread looking at the battle between Callaghan, Foot, Healey, Jenkins, Crosland and Benn pic.twitter.com/5oDKeQS8V1

— Tides of History (@labour_history) April 5, 2020