Historian Views On Post War Consensus

Question 1

Lawson

Answer 1

Attlee set the political agenda for the next quarter century. Two key principles: big gov and drive towards equality.

Question 2

Coates

Answer 2

Attlee failed to bring about true socialism and lost an opportunity

Question 3

Barnett

Answer 3

Pwc mistaken policy. Conservatives should have broken fro it sooner as it produced a nanny state making Britain completely dependent of welfarism.

Question 4

Hennessy

Answer 4

Attlee set foundation stone of all. Attlee government took the first steps into taking the empire into a commonwealth