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Lecture 9 - Roads To and From
1945
This Week
We continue to unpick the narrative of the irresistible rise of Labour and class politics
Labour was not invincible or all-conquering
We will also ask whether Britain really was a social democracy at mid-century
It certainly wasn't a socialist society whatever the Conservatives said about their Labour
opponents
Election of the first Labour majority in 1945 marks a significant point in relation to class
politics
The Short Road to 1945 - Labour's Short March
Based on the idea that the Labour Party's route to a majority begins in 1940 as a
consequence of the War
Financial Crisis in 1929 means that the Labour party needed to cut unemployment - led to
national government as the labour govt. resigned
The 1930s is dominated by the Conservatives
Lecture 9 - Roads To and From 1945 1
, Conservatives under Churchill were elected in 1940
Trade union membership expands significantly during the war
Social Insurance and Allied Services report - focuses on reconstruction out of the war
Finding ways to tackle 'five giants' - want, squalor, idleness, disease, ignorance
Seen as rewarding people's contributions to the war effort
Lecture 9 - Roads To and From 1945 2
Lecture 9 - Roads To and From
1945
This Week
We continue to unpick the narrative of the irresistible rise of Labour and class politics
Labour was not invincible or all-conquering
We will also ask whether Britain really was a social democracy at mid-century
It certainly wasn't a socialist society whatever the Conservatives said about their Labour
opponents
Election of the first Labour majority in 1945 marks a significant point in relation to class
politics
The Short Road to 1945 - Labour's Short March
Based on the idea that the Labour Party's route to a majority begins in 1940 as a
consequence of the War
Financial Crisis in 1929 means that the Labour party needed to cut unemployment - led to
national government as the labour govt. resigned
The 1930s is dominated by the Conservatives
Lecture 9 - Roads To and From 1945 1
, Conservatives under Churchill were elected in 1940
Trade union membership expands significantly during the war
Social Insurance and Allied Services report - focuses on reconstruction out of the war
Finding ways to tackle 'five giants' - want, squalor, idleness, disease, ignorance
Seen as rewarding people's contributions to the war effort
Lecture 9 - Roads To and From 1945 2
