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Margaret Thatchers political career was one of the most remarkable of modern times. She rose to become the first woman to lead a major Western democracy, serving as British Prime Minister. Admired by Ronald Regan and the United States Congress, Introducing Thatcherism looks at the political philosophy behind this influential and controversial woman.
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Published by Icon Books Ltd, Omnibus Business Centre, 3941 North Road, London N7 9DP
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ISBN: 978-178578-012-7
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In February 1974 the Conservative Party, led by Edward Heath (1916-2005), was defeated in a General Election which had been precipitated by the governments failure to cope with the trades unions, most especially the National Union of Mineworkers. Keith Joseph (1918-96), a member of Heaths cabinet, attributed Britains ills to the harmful effects of socialism:
WE ARE NOW MORE SOCIALIST IN MANY WAYS THAN ANY OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRY OUTSIDE THE COMMUNIST BLOC, IN THE SIZE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE RANGE OF CONTROLS AND THE TELESCOPING OF NET INCOME.
He went further, saying that Tory governments had travelled this path as surely and enthusiastically as Labour ones.
Was Joseph right? Was Britain socialist in the 1970s, and if so, how did it get that way?
The Labour Party had grown in the first half of the 20th century into a mass party, and had won a decisive victory in the General Election at the end of the Second World War. The Election was held in early July 1945 when the Allies had achieved victory over Hitler in Europe but were still at war with Japan. Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) came back from the peace negotiations in Potsdam with his deputy, Labour leader Clement Attlee (1883-1967), for the announcement of the results on 25 July 1945.
THREE DAYS LATER, AS PRIME MINISTER, I RETURNED TO POTSDAM WITHOUT CHURCHILL.
Furthermore, the Labour victory was overwhelming. They captured 393 seats in the House of Commons to the Conservatives 189.
Some were surprised that the war leader and hero, Churchill, should be booted out, but others who had followed the findings of Mass Observation, had listened to the ordinary voter and seen the reaction to the Beveridge Report, were not.
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE PRIVILEGED AND THE BUSINESSMAN. THE PEOPLE WHO FAILED THE COUNTRY IN THE DEPRESSED 1920S AND 30S. ORDINARY PEOPLE WANT A FRESH START!
They wanted what Sir William Beveridge (1879-1963), director of labour exchanges 1909-16 and a director of the London School of Economics 1919-37, had suggested in his report to the House of Commons in 1942. What was the Beveridge Report?
Social insurance should be part of a general policy of social progress. Social security can only be achieved through co-operation between the individual and the state.
Special benefits should be provided for unusual expenses in connection with birth, marriage and death.
Pensions should be available for all.
There should be a free medical service.
The Report was universally acclaimed.
AND EVEN I REALIZED I WAS MAKING A MISTAKE IN TRYING TO SUPPRESS IT.
The Labour Party elected in 1945 on a wave of enthusiasm for collective security and the effectiveness of planning after all, the War had been won by planning, hadnt it? legislated in its administration up to 1950 to bring in what became known as The Welfare State.
The nationalization of the means of production, distribution and exchange the famous Clause 4 of the Labour Party constitution was tackled with vigour and enthusiasm by the incoming Labour administration.
The following nationalizations took place under the new Labour government:
| 1946 | Bank of England |
| 1946 | British Overseas Airways, British European Airways and British South American Airways |
| 1946 | Inland Transport Act (everything that ran on wheels for profit, except short-distance road haulage, lorries used by companies for their own products, and municipal bus companies) |
| 1947 | The Coal Industry |
| 1948 | Electricity |
| 1948 | Cable and Wireless |
| 1948 | Gas |
| 1949 | Steel |
And, towering above all, the National Health Services Act (1946), providing free health care for all, described even by the Conservative MP, Derick Heathcoat-Amory (later Chancellor of the Exchequer) as: By any test, a tremendous measure.
The intellectual justification for this planned approach to the economy came from John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946).
Keynesianism required that the large institutions, corporations and unions should drive the countrys economy and that the government should intervene constantly to balance the situation, increasing or decreasing financial stimuli where necessary.
OR RATHER FROM HOW MY WRITING WAS INTERPRETED. THE LABOUR PARTY GREW OUT OF THE WORKING MANS DESIRE FOR MORE POLITICAL SAY. AND OUR FIRST MEANS OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE CRUEL AND OPPRESSIVE EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR WAS THE TRADE UNION. THE PARTY GREW FROM THE UNIONS, AND THE UNIONS WERE ALWAYS A SIGNIFICANT FORCE IN THE PARTY, ESPECIALLY AS UNION FUNDS FINANCED THE PARTY.
After a shaky start in the last decades of the 19th century, both the trade union movement and the Labour Party were given a great boost by the outrage in the working class following a court decision in 1901.
AFTER A STRIKE AT TAFF VALE, THE UNION WAS FORCED TO PAY COMPENSATION FOR THE COSTS OF THE STRIKE. THIS INITIAL DECISION WAS REVERSED IN THE TRADES DISPUTES ACT OF 1906 WHICH GAVE IMMUNITY TO UNIONS IN CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
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