ADV INFO - The 1964 election Flashcards
Who were the Labour and Conservative leaders
Harold Wilson and Sir Alec Douglas-Home
How were Wilson and Douglas-Home compared
Wilson was much more impressive in the public eye than Douglas-Home
How did Wilson present himself in the campaign
he presented himself and his party as better fitted to lead the nation in the technological age that Britain had entered, edged him to victory
what were Labour able to do in reference to the swinging sixties
the Labour party present a younger, more with the image in line with the changing times
What did Wilson famously say
that he would ‘embrace the white heat of technology’
who imposed a series of unpopular deflationary policies
Chancellor Selwyn Lloyd
what happened to the government in 1963
its application to join the EEC was rejected, exposing how weak Britain had become on the international stage
What did unemployment reach in 1963
800,000
what did the high unemployment do
it dented this image that Britain had ‘never had it so good’
Where was there increasing disquiet among the right of the Conservative party
over West Indian and Asian immigration to Britain, forcing the Government to pass the Commonwealth immigration act in 1962
What was the issue with the appointment of Alec Douglas-Home
he had come from the House of Lords, first to the post of foreign secretary in 1963 and then to the PM replacing Macmillan
what was ADH’s appointment based off
the ‘formal consultation’ of Cabinet ministers
what did party chairman Macleod claim
it had been an undemocratic government by a ‘magic circle’ of Old Etonians around the PM
What was the establishment factor
Macmillan and his government from 1959 seemed increasingly out of touch with the socially mobile, affluent age
How much of the Cabinet after 1959 had come from Eton
half of them
