Second part of a moderated discussion on working-class politics, followed by election day 1974 footage and vox pop interviews with voters in Tower Hamlets.

Shaped by a number of serious issues, including the miners' strike, rising inflation, and government-imposed three-day working week, the 1974 General Election was a key turning point. In the second part of The Basement Project's '74 Election coverage, two candidates - from the Workers Revolutionary Party and the Liberal Party - continue their discussion and the changes they propose in the running of the country, especially with regard to improving the living situation of the working class. The Workers Revolutionary Party representative expresses his views on the very pressing issue of the three-day working week in place at the time of the election, and the debilitating impact it has on businesses and the working class. The three-day week was imposed by the government in order to ration the electricity supply due to coal shortage brought on by the miners' strike, the global oil crisis, and rising prices worldwide, and resulted in a rise in unemployment and an economic downturn. The debate ends with the Liberal candidate summarising his party's policy of partnership in regards to workers. Next shot shows the presenter outside a polling station, where he attempts to get to vote for the third time that day, but is once again told his name is not on the register and he concedes that he might not get to vote in this election after all. The video ends with vox pops filmed outside a polling station in Tower Hamlets, with campaigners and voters expressing their views on the Communist Party and Labour.

This video is from the London Community Video Archive, a member of the London's Screen Archives Network.