People Flashcards
R A Butler
Reorganised party for 1951 election
Chancellor in Edens government
Give away budget of 1955 £136mn in tax cuts
Anthony Eden
Key in ww2
Pm from 1955
Resigned in 1957 following Suez crisis
Harold Macmillan
Highly successful housing minister pledging 300,000 new homes per year
Edens foreign secretary
Replaced Eden in 1957
Hugh Gaitskell
Chancellor in Atlees government in 1951
Introduced prescription charges to fund Korean War
His and beans split was key problem between 1955-1963 made worse by nuclear disarmament
Aneurin Bevin
Architect of the NHS
Resignation over prescription charges
Split was a serious problem from 1955-1963
Frank Cousins
Leader of the TGWU from 1956
At 1960 labour conference he opposed Gaitskell over disarmament which led to some Union hostility towards leadership
Divisions lasted until 1980’s
Reginald Maudling
Cabinet experience from 1959
Possible leader but fell short in 1963 and 1965
Resigned from Home Secretary in 1972 following a financial scandel
Sir Alex Douglas home
Aristocrat linked to appeasement in 1930’s
Targeted by satirists
Closely lost 1964 election
Anthony crosland
Labour mp
Supported comprehensive schooling
Became education secretary in 1964
Ordered circular 10/65 in 1965
Mary Whitehouse
In 1965 led a morale crusade against a tide of immorality
Founded the national viewers and listeners association in 1965
Charles de Gaulle
Fell out with Churchill and Roosevelt during ww2 suspicious ever since
Continually vetoed GB entry to the eec
Roy Jenkins
Right wing labour mp
Chancellor and Home Secretary in Wilson’s 1964 government
Pro Europe and resigned in 1972
Founded social democrats in 1981
George Brown
Pro Europe from 1964 duputy labour leader in the 1960’s
In charge of the DEA and national plan until 1964
James Callaghan
Chancellor in 1964
Succeeded Wilson as pm in 1976
Popular with Unions
