Jacko, with rare exceptions I agree.
The Maggie pay rise was one but of course greater damage was done with the Nott Cuts and then the Peace Dividend.
Dennis Healey, OTOH, held down the job of Defence Secretary for one administration and Chancellor in the next. I admit to admiring his work but I could not summarise Defence under labour during his terms, I am sure you can.
What I can say however is that the withdrawal from East of Suez was a Tory policy that Harold Wilson was not in favour of. His prefered option was withdrawal from Europe. (David Easter - Confrontation 1963-1966)