Changing Political Landscape - Conservative dominance 1951-64

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What phrase did the Economist use to describe the economics of the post war consensus?
butskellism
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Who replaced Churchill after his stroke in 1955
Anthony Eden
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What were the 1955 election results?
CONSERVATIVE 344, LABOUR 227
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What was the unemployment like in 1955?
Lowest recording in recent hstory with only 215,000 people out of work.
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What was the Suez Crisis?
Eden secretly agreed to take part in an invasian of the Suez Canal after president of Egypt abdul nasser occupied the canal in 1956
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How did America react to Britian secret invasion?
President Einsenhower threatened to sell its reserves of the pound.
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How did Britian respond to the American threats?
Facing economic crisis, Britain withdrew from Egypt and Eden resigned.
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How did this make Britian look to the world?
weak. It showed that Britain could no longer act unless given approval from the USA
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Who replaced Anthony Eden in 1957?
Harold macmillan
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What were the 1959 election results?
CONSERVATIVE 365, LABOUR 258
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What was the night of the long knives?
Macmillan sacked 7 of his ministers from cabinet and replaced them with younger men to improve the Conservatives image. They were typically associated with being ageing and privledged men during a time when media was dominated by youth culture.
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What was the scandal of John vassall
John Vassal was a Naval attache at the british embassy in moscow who was being blackmailed by the KGB. He revleaed large quantities of top secret information on the British Royal navy.
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WHo was the replacement for harold Macmillan after he resigned from ill health
Sir Alec Douglas home
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What did sattirical magazine like private eye ridicule HOme for?
His aristocratic manners. He was originally a member of the House of lords and had the title Earl which he renounced when he became prime minister.
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What were the 1964 election results?
LABOUR 317, CONSERVATIVE 303
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