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5 reasons why Macmillan declared ‘you have never had it so good’ in 1959 |
• End of rationing in July 1954 • 3% economic growth year on year in the 1950s• 6.5% wage rises year on year in the 1950s • Balance of trade surplus of was £132 million • 5 million employed in growing service sector • Full employment |
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Three reasons why Macmillan was wrong to say ‘you have neverhad it so good’ |
· Inflation was rising stubbornly as wage rises outsteppedeconomic growth by approximately 3% year on year · Primary sector suffered decline and unemployment · Divisions in society emerged between ‘haves’ and‘have nots’ · Economic imbalance between manufacturing andservice sector · In comparison to all other advanced economiesBritish growth rates were lower (especially Germany and Japan but France aswell) |
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Key beliefs of each of the political parties |
· Conservatives – low tax, welfare reform,increase in private enterprise and business · Labour – nationalisation, clause 4,redistribution of income · Liberals – reform the electoral system, move toa collaborative and co-operative form of government with TU, business andgovernment working together |
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1959 Election: 3 failures of the Labour Partyand 3 success/strengths of the Conservative Party |
· Conservative success – see card, plus in 1959they gave £350 million of tax cuts just before the election · Labour Failures – policies such as clause 4 werelinked to old class policies – outdated, the commitment to increased pensionswas uncosted and could increase taxes, and Gaitskell was a weak speaker incomparison to Macmillan |
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4 key characteristics of the Establishment |
· Eton/Harrow · Oxford/Cambridge · Wealth · Aristocratic connections · Traditional values in public · Empire |
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4 key criticisms of the Establishment (who made them?) |
· Middle Class who opposed the Establishment –Angry Young Men – Hugh Thomas o Corrupt – Profumo, Spies o Outdated e.g. committed to Empire rather thannew Europe o Nepotism for important jobs o Restricted opportunity and merit and thus washolding Britain back |
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3 successes of Harold Macmillan |
· Card 1 · Began to challenge the Establishment with ‘macthe knife’ |
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4 failures of Macmillan’s government |
· Failure to join the EEC · ‘stop-go’ economic policy (inflation) · Night of the Long Knives and press coverage · National Incomes Commission failed to controlinflation · Beeching’s Axe was unpopular |
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4 key features of the Profumo Affair |
· Christine Keeler · Spies/Cold War · Lied to the Commons · Establishment Questioned · Moral corruption of the Establishment |
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4 reasons for the resignation of Macmillan |
· Ill Health · Profumo · Press coverage of the NoLK · Economic Problems |
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5 reasons for the defeat of Home in the 1963 GeneralElectionas |
· Chosen by Macmillan – representation of theEstablishment · Selects a cabinet with only 3 state schooleducated people in it · Hostility within the party, particularly highprofile figures like Powell |
