Can't remember actually stating that Callaghan did say "Crisis, What crisis" - but it was how his return from the Guadeloupe Summit was remembered. "Crisis! What crisis?" was The Sun Headline, just the same as Thatcher never said "Gotcha", or "Rejoice, Rejoice" when the Belgrano went down and Blair never made any claim about Saddam being able to nuke Britain in 45 minutes. But loads believe they all did come out with those phrases - Power of the Press dear boy.

I think the actual words that Callaghan used when asked the following question by a reporter from the Evening Standard

"What is your general approach, in view of the mounting chaos in the country at the moment?"

WERE (Callaghan's reply):

"Well, that's a judgment that you are making. I promise you that if you look at it from outside, and perhaps you're taking rather a parochial view at the moment, I don't think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting chaos"

Totally delusional the country was going to hell in high gear. Fortunately Thatcher won the ensuing General Election and stopped the rot. The Conservatives stayed in power for the next 18 years until Blair won in 1997. Blair and Brown were handed a country with a very healthy economy as far as the Government were concerned and they then proceeded to ruin it over the next 13 years.