British Priministers 1951-2007 Flashcards
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Antony Eden 1955-57
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Suez Crises
Did not join EEC despite open-door policy until 1957
retired due to ill health
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Winston Churchill 1951-55
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Absentee PM- ill health
Attlee oversaw most things
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Harold Macmillan 1957 -63
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“never had it so good” speech
night of the long knives- sacked a third of his cabinet
Profumo Affair
Failed attempt to EEC- French Veto, De Gaulle
Satirists mocked Macmillan and co
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Harold Wilson 1966 - 1970
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Race relations Act Abortion Act Sexual Offences Act Theatres Act Abolition of the death penalty "white heat of the technological revolution" Vietnam
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Edward Heath 1970-74
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Broke with post-war Consensus U turn Problems with trade unions 3 day week Local government reforms Joined EEC (de Gaulle had retired)
