51-64 Flashcards
mixed economy
when the torries first came in a mixed economy was accepted where some parts of industry where privatised and some nationalised
unemployment in 1955
1%
Who was crucial for maintaining the post war consensus and the welfare state 51-55
Rab Butler, promised the people that there would be not drastic changes and not a full blooded capitalist economy
NHS spending between 51-62
doubled
who succeeded Attlee in 1955
Gaistkell
What causes conflict between bevan and gaitskell
Clause IV and nuclear disarment
What was Clause IV
committed the Labour Party to progressive nationalisation of British industry
Which sides of the party were gaitskell and Bevan
Bevan - left as he wanted to make the party more socialist and did not want to scrap Clause IV
Gaitskell - right as he wanted to scrap Clause IV at the 1959 labour conference but opposition from left wing labour and some unions meant he didn’t put it to a vote
How did Wilson stabilise the party
Gaitkell dies in 1963
Wilson found a middle ground as he had associated with bevan but his policies were centre ground so attracted the right
Conservatives downfall
- repeated balance of payments crisis
-defaltionary measures such as increasing bank rates.
-Selywn Lloyd chancellor 1960-62 known for the era of stop go - night of long knives 1962
-Macmillan out of touch with the world
-Rejection of eec in 1963
-sex scandals including the Profumo affair 1963 and the vassal enquiry in 1962
vassal case
involved a homosexual British spy and a junior minister the latter was obliged to resign
Profumo affair 1963
John Profumo Macmillan’s minister of war
Profumo caught having na affair with Kristene Keeler who was also in a relationship with Captain Ivanov an official at the soviet embassy therefore a possible breach in national security.
