Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Conservative
Governments
- Dominance
- Post-War
Consensus
- mixed economy
- NHS + Welfare State
- Butskellism
- 1951- unclear that there will
be Conservative dominance
- Labour won most votes, but
first past the post: Churchill
- Labour return 1964
- 1951-64
- Churchill
- Reputation from WW2
- Between 1951-55
he was a bad PM
- Old man, health issues
incl. serious stroke
- Saw himself as an international statesman
and not as a domestic politician
- Anti-Communism
- Priority= no nuclear war
- Spent more time
abroad than at home
- Due to his absence he
left daily happenings to:
- Acting PM: Eden
- Chancellor: Rab Butler
- Housing Minister:
Macmillan
- Eden
- Macmillan
- Tory Policies
- Internal Labour
Divisions
- Fall From
Power
- Sir Alec
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