He lost the 1970 general election but was returned to power in 1974 before finally resigning as prime minister 1976, although hecontinued as an MP until 1983.
However, when hefinally realized the reality of this situation, he just continued to tell me what the previous reps had said, and failed to offer any solution.
And so a three year wait continued for Gordon, punctuated by dialysis sessions three times a week, until hefinally received a new kidney a few months later.