Role of Attlee and his critics

Question 1

Attlee and establishment

Answer 1

✖️ limits to govs radicalism due to his sympathy for the British establishment

1950 refused greater self gov to Scotland

✖️ faced to recognise significance of movements in France and Germ towards European integration

Missed out on EEC

Close links with USA - Korean War

Question 2

Party Unity

Answer 2

By 1951 tensions
Began resigns (minister for health) after charges for glasses and dental work

Question 3

Criticisms of Attlee

Answer 3

Left:
Nationalisation
Support of USA in Korean War -expensive

Cons:
Nationalisation of iron and steel

Sugar manufacturers Tate and Lyle:
‘Tate not state’ slogan

Question 4

Personality

Answer 4

Not a gifted public speaker
Ordinariness appealed to public
Often on public transport
Helped to make radicalism of new measures less threatening
By 1951 less appealing:
Bevan ‘greyness and dullness’ Attlee represented both