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The phrase " Winter of Discontent " is from the opening line of William Shakespeare's Richard III: " Now is the Winter of our Discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York …", and was first applied to the events of the winter by Robin Chater, a writer at Incomes Data Report.

It was subsequently used in a speech by Prime Minister Callaghan and then popularised by several tabloid newspapers – including The Sun in an editorial.