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Harold Wilson 1964-70
- Wilson's Economic Inheritance
- Loss of £££ from
common-wealth
- Welfare state-
Expensive ££
- TU Power increasing
- £800 million
national debt
- Moving towards a
post-industrial
economy
- A serious problem
w/how to balance
the books
- DeGaulle
reluctance to
allow Britain into
EEC
- Loss of £££ from
common-wealth
- WIlson's Personal Appeal
- Young- 40% of the
population were under
25
- Charming-
"cheeky chap", opportunistic
- Grammar school educated
- Innovative- the 60's, new
era, "white heat of techonolgy", scientific revolution
- Mixed with celebs to appear "fashionable"
- Young- 40% of the
population were under
25
- Successes
- Comprehensive schools,
the Open University and
expanding HE
- Jenkins' "Civilised Society"
- 1965- Race
Relations
Act
- Flogging in the
penal code ended
- 1965-
Death
Penalty
abolished
- 1967-
Abortion Act
- 1967- Sexual Offences
Act (Homosexuality for
males 21+)
- 1968- Theatre Act
- 1969- Divorce Act
- 1969- Voting age
reduced to 18
- 1965- Race
Relations
Act
- (NOT DIRECTLY) Autumn
1969- Upswing in world
trade, a balance of
payments surplus
- Ministry of Arts- funding for
Arts Council, broaden cultural
opportunities
- Comprehensive schools,
the Open University and
expanding HE
- Failures
- George Brown's DEA
created a National
Plan-Undermined by the
treasury, proposals ignored
- 1967- £ fell
from $2.80 to
$2.40
- Outbreak of
Arab-Israeli war.
Closed Suez
Canal, trade ↓
- Dock strikes in
London and
Merseyside
- Oct 1967- worst
monthly trade
deficit
- Outbreak of
Arab-Israeli war.
Closed Suez
Canal, trade ↓
- Britain lost super
power status
- "In Place of Strife"-
Barbara Castle
- Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1968- Tories criticised "racist"
- Despite 1967 devaluation inflation
was 12% by 1969-70
- EEC entry refusal
- George Brown's DEA
created a National
Plan-Undermined by the
treasury, proposals ignored
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