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James Callaghan, the serving Prime Minister during the Winter of Discontent.

The "Winter of Discontent" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, because the Labour government of James Callaghan sought to hold a pay freeze to control inflation. The weather turned very cold in the early months of 1979 with blizzards and deep snow, and it became the coldest since 1962–63, which added to people's misery.

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