To what extent was there a Post-War Consensus between the years 1951 & 1964? The term ‘post-war consensus’ is used to describe a period of general agreement in the key areas of politics between the two main political parties following the Second World War. Prior to the 1951 Conservative election‚ Labour had introduced several important social and political reforms. It appeared that there was no systematic effort by the Conservative party when they returned to power to reverse these changes‚ arguably
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dominate British politics after 1951? In this essay I aim to explain some of the strengths that British conservatism had that helped it recover quickly from labours post-war landslide to dominate British politics after 1951. In 1945 it was apparent that the Conservatives would not recover from their defeat post-war. I shall argue that one of the reasons why the conservatives recovered so well was their attachment to pragmatic values‚ a predominantly conservative facet that allowed them to confidently
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the Tories key focuses since they came back into power in the post war elections of 1951 and Macmillan did a sterling job in continuing the great work by creating what was known as the “age of affluence” allowing Britain to shine through as one of the World’s major economic powers. Bolstered by an improvement of world trade in the later 1950s‚ which enabled Britain to import about 29% more goods than it had in 1951 for the name number of exports proved that Britain was truly changing for the good
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Working class families are basically Labour [pic] Middle class families are basically Conservative In the classic period‚ and even today the pattern is close to: [pic] In this case very strong class identification would lead to a constant victory at the polls for Labour. Yet the Conservatives in the 1950s 1970s and the 1980s broke this mould. The reason lay in the conservative ability to attract significant numbers of working class voters. [pic] The old adage
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psychology of decline which had become rooted in Britain since the Second World War‚ pursuing national recovery with striking energy and determination. In the process‚ Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders‚ with Ronald Reagan‚ of a school of conservative conviction politics‚ which has had a powerful and enduring impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill. By successfully shifting British
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that contributed to the change from Liberal vs Conservatives in the 1880 to Labour vs conservative with Liberal’s downfall by 1951. The 1924 Labour government was arguably a significant development as it was the first time Labour won an election‚ proving they had progressed from a small independent party to a real opponent of the Conservatives. This was significant as it showed that Labour had finally gotten their foot in the door and how Conservatives had not fully recovered from their decline in
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“The Period 1951-64 saw Britain lurch from one Foreign Policy mistake to another‚” assess the validity of this statement. In 1951‚ Britain was an Empire‚ heavily involved in global affairs and clinging to illusions of grandeur‚ however by 1964 the British foreign ethos was markedly different and the road to the new way of thinking was certainly a rocky one. Among other factors‚ this essay will consider decolonisation‚ the Suez Crisis and Europe. It will be argued that whilst it seemed that lady luck
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QUANTITATIVE / class 9 / set 4 / Passage Based MCQ Passage No. 1 Rachna has in her kitchen 17 spoons‚ 3 serving spoons‚ 22 quarter plates‚ 25 full plates‚ 11 forks‚ 2 lighters and 42 boxes. Some of these boxes contain spices‚ 7 of the boxes contain pulses and 4 boxes contain rice. Two boxes have ghee and three boxes have oil in them. In this way Rachna’s kitchen is full of variety of things. On the basis of your reading of the passage answer the questions given below : 1. How many utensils are
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inaccurate the closer one studies modern Britain from 1951-2007‚ there is a wealth of resources and abundant forms of evidence to firmly claim confidently that a post-war consensus did exist; permeating and diffusing throughout British politics‚ economics‚ societal events and also foreign affairs. Economics: From 1951 to 1979 both parties accepted the mixed economy (loose form of Keynesianism); main priority was full employment From 1951 to 1979‚ successive governments wanted to tackle the unions
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The Conservative Party and Public Spending Nick Ellison School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds This paper sets out to answer one central question: how has the Conservative Party really managed public spending should play in the UK since 1945? Through an examination of Conservative ideas about public spending and the Party’s record in government‚ the paper will argue that there is a core ambivalence towards the state and public spending within UK Conservatism. To further
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