▁and ▁Sue ▁Law ley . ▁ ▁Camp aign ▁The ▁brief ▁period ▁between ▁the ▁elections ▁gave ▁Wilson ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁demonstrate ▁reasonable ▁progress . ▁Despite ▁high ▁infl ation ▁and ▁high ▁balance - of - tra de ▁def ic its , ▁the ▁min ers ' ▁strike ▁that ▁had ▁do gg ed ▁He ath ▁was ▁over ▁and ▁some ▁stability ▁had ▁been ▁restored . ▁Following ▁the ▁February ▁election ▁He ath ▁had ▁remained ▁largely ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁eye . ▁ ▁As ▁was ▁expected , ▁the ▁campaign ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁exc iting ▁as ▁the ▁one ▁in ▁February ▁and ▁overall ▁coverage ▁by ▁broad c aster s ▁was ▁significantly ▁scale d ▁back . ▁The ▁Conserv atives ▁campaign ed ▁on ▁a ▁manif esto ▁of ▁national ▁unity , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁m ood ▁of ▁the ▁public . ▁Labour ▁campaign ed ▁on ▁its ▁recent ▁success es ▁in ▁government , ▁and ▁although ▁the ▁party ▁was ▁divided ▁over ▁Europe , ▁their ▁strength s ▁out we ighed ▁that ▁of ▁He ath , ▁who ▁knew ▁his ▁future ▁re lied ▁on ▁an ▁election ▁victory . ▁De volution ▁was ▁a ▁key ▁issue ▁for ▁the ▁Liber als ▁and ▁the ▁Scottish ▁National ▁Party , ▁and ▁was ▁now ▁one ▁that ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁parties ▁also ▁felt ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁address . ▁The ▁Liber als ▁did ▁not ▁issue ▁a ▁new ▁manif esto , ▁simply ▁re iss uing ▁the ▁one ▁they ▁had ▁created ▁for ▁the ▁last ▁election . ▁ ▁Tim eline ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Harold ▁Wilson ▁made ▁a ▁minister ial ▁broadcast ▁on ▁television ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁September ▁to ▁announ ce ▁that ▁the ▁election