Callaghan's failure to call an election during 1978 was widely seen as a political miscalculation; after losing power in the election, Labour would spend the next 18 years in opposition.
Callaghan's failure to call an election during 1978 was widely seen as a political miscalculation; indeed, he himself later admitted that not calling an election was an error of judgement. After losing power in 1979, Labour would spend the next 18 years in opposition.