In the aftermath of Labour's 1959 defeat, Jenkins appeared on Panorama and argued that Labour should abandon further nationalisation, question its connection with the trade unions and not dismiss a closer association with the Liberal Party.Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life, p. 204.Jenkins, A Life at the Centre, p. 130. In November he delivered a Fabian Society lecture in which he blamed Labour's defeat on the unpopularity of nationalisation and he repeated this in an article for The Spectator.Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life, pp. 205–206. His Spectator article also called for Britain to accept its diminished place in the world, to grant colonial freedom, to spend more on public services and to promote the right of individuals to live their own lives free from the constraints of popular prejudices and state interference.Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life, p. 206. Jenkins later called it a "good radical programme, although...not a socialist one".Jenkins, A Life at the Centre, pp. 130–131.
