Election

Question 1

Labour weaknesses

Answer 1

• Attlee gov won down by heavy economic and financial difficulties - gov was exhausted after 6 years in office.
• serious divisons between right and left of party
• Labour found it difficult to shake off their image of rationing and high taxation
• call of austerity not an attractive image
• korean war increased divisions

Question 2

Conservative Strengths

Answer 2

• Party re-organised
• recovery of defeat of 1945
• infux of young cons Mps
• woolten reformed cons finances
• nationalisation of iron and steel