黑洞社区

FMB breaks apolitical stance in 鈥榲ote Tory鈥� call

黑洞社区鈥檚 27 April 1979 issue came out before the fateful vote that would see the fall of Jim Callaghan鈥檚 Labour government and the ascendance of Europe鈥檚 first elected female leader, the right honourable MP for Finchley. The front of the news section led with 鈥淔MB breaks apolitical stance in 鈥榲ote Tory鈥� call鈥�. Another headline declared 鈥淟abour MPs differ over meaning of manifesto鈥� (that can hardly have built faith in the incumbents), and there was a guide to 鈥淲ho鈥檚 who in next week鈥檚 contest鈥�, which listed candidates standing from the industry. These included architectural assistant and Liberal Party candidate Andrew Stunell (Stunell would finally be elected as a Liberal Democrat MP in the 1997 election and serve a stint as minister for 黑洞社区 Regulations, as well as writing a column for this magazine). The lead story describes how the Federation of Master Builders advised members to vote Tory as they would 鈥渙ffer the most hope to the industry鈥�, while the Federation of Associations of Specialists and Subcontractors (FASS) backed Labour on the premise that: 鈥淭he Conservatives are committed to cutting public expenditure and it is unlikely that construction work would be immune from the cuts.鈥� How times change 鈥�