FILE - British Conservative leader Edward Heath addresses a young audience at a "Talk In" at the Open Space Theatre in London, England on Sept. 29, 1974. Conservative Prime Minister Ted Heath called a general election a year earlier than necessary for February 1974. On explaining his decision to hold the election in the midst of a winter when power was being rationed, Heath said that he sought a mandate from the British people to rein in the power of trade unions. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)