Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Hannan, onye kwadoro Europe, bụ otu n'ime ndị omeiwu 69 nke Labour iji mebie ụtarị atọ ma votu maka ịbanye Britain na European Economic Community na October 1971. Otú ọ dị, ọ na-emegide ntụgharị nke Scotland, ma tinye aka na mkpọsa 'Scotland bụ British' tupu ntuli aka 1979 na Home Rule
Ọ dị mma. Mgbe niile na aka nri nke Labour Party, na 1981 ọ ghọrọ onye guzobere nkewapụ Social Democratic Party (SDP), na February nke afọ ahụ bụ otu n'ime 100 ndị bịanyere aka na mgbasa ozi na "The Guardian" na-akwado Nkwupụta Limehouse.