For years a reactionary Labour Party has dominated Treorchan, a grim mining town thrust high in the South Wales Valleys. But now, in 1966, change is coming with the election to the local council of Errigal Keerogue, flamboyant landlord of the Ebbw Arms, as sole Liberal representative. He is determined to challenge the comrades' monopoly of power. They clash on many issues. The sheep that plague the town. The invasion of hippies who...