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Who won the 1951 election and why? |
The conversatives won with a majority of 17 seats. Labour had more votes but lost. -> Rise in cost of living -> Build new homes -> Expensive rearmament programme -> Agreed to protect Welfare State -> Reduced rationing |
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Name the conservative politicians of 1951-64 |
Winston Churchill: 1951-55 [PM] Anthony Eden: 1955-57 [PM] Harold MacMillan: 1957-63 [PM] Rab Butler: 1951-64 [Foreign + Home secretary + Chancellor + Deputy Leader |
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What is Keynsianism? |
the economic theory or practice based on the ideas of the English economist John Maynard Keynes. |
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What was the impact of the stop-go economic policies ? |
Stop-go resulted in little movement in the economy creating a stagnant effect on trade known as 'stagflation'. |
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Labour won the 1964 election, who was their new leader in 1963 and what was he like ? |
-Harold Wilson -Flexible and Pragmatic -Dropped the word nationalisation -Bridged the gap between the left and right. -Good Party Manager -Good public Speaker |
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What was the 1964 Election result ? |
-Labour- 317 seats -Conservative - 304 seats -Liberals - 9 seats |
