How Weak Was The Labour Party In The Period 1951-1960 Flashcards
What was the main problem within the Labour Party between 1951-1960?
The all of party unity with it being supporter of Gaitskell, Revisionist who want to modernise the party, versus supporters of Aneurin Bevan, known as Fundamentalists who wanted to maintain the traditional principles of the parties
What internal dispute in the Labour Party did the highly talent successor to Attlee, Hugh Gaitskell, was unable to solve which was one of the reason that the Conservatives dominated for so long?
Whether the Labour Party should move to the left or the right
What was the conflict between the Bevanites and Gaitskell’s in development of policy?
The Bevanites wanted unions to have a say in the development of party policy while the Gaitskell’s wanted it to be decided by the parliamentary party
Which Labour politician on the right argued for social equality rather than economic change?
Anthony Crosland
What was a non-economic division within the Labour Party?
Nuclear policy, with he left of the party wanting unilateral nuclear disarmament for more money for social reforms while others on the left and the right were opposed to unilateralism and wanting to keep Britain’s nuclear deterrent
What did Bevan think of Nuclear Policy?
He rejected unilateralism at the Party Conference of 1957
Who did Gaitskell cause of ruining Labour’s fortunes at the electorate with their policies that he thought were not ‘popular’ with the public?
The left of the Labour Party
What was Gaitskell’s views towards Europe in 1962?
The same as his successor Attlee, not wanting to join the EEC
What was one reason Labour lost the 1959 election because of their own mistake?
They promised to increase state pension without a rise in taxation which when questioned and few answers and were not believed by many
