Internal labour divisions

Question 1

Aneurin Bevan

Answer 1

Left of party

Question 2

Hugh Gaitskill

Answer 2

Right of party

Question 3

Issue of prescription charges

Answer 3

Left= none, NHS to be free at point of delivery
Right= Necessary to introduce charges to respond to financial pressures

Results = divisions broke out towards end of labour administration

Question 4

Clause IV

Answer 4

Close that committed it to public ownership of major industries

Left = wholly supportive of nationalism
Right = saw nationalism as only 1 possible policy to be used where appropriate

Trade unions concerned labour might abandon clause
Gaitskill tried to amend it at 1959 conference but backed down due to opposition faced from left

Question 5

Nuclear weapons

Answer 5

Left = unilateral disarmament
Right = Against unilateral disarmament

Trade unions favoured disarming and motion passed to support unilateral disarmament at 1960 Labour Party conference
- Gaitskill reversed this at 1961 conference

Question 6

In the end

Answer 6

Bevan died in 1960 & Gaitskill in 1963
Gaitskill succeeded by Harold Wilson = unifying figure