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1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964

Labour Divisions and the Conservative Establishment

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Overview

Recall questions on the Bevanite and Gaitskellite factions, Bevan's resignation and Gaitskell's attempted revision of 1959, the scandal that damaged Macmillan in 1963, and Wilson's victory in 1964.

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Key term

Why did Aneurin Bevan resign from the Cabinet in 1951?

Key term

What scandal damaged Harold Macmillan's government in 1963 and contributed to perceptions of an out-of-touch establishment?

Key term

How did Harold Wilson present Labour in the 1964 election campaign?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What were the two main factions that divided the Labour Party in the post-war period?

    Model answer

    Left-wing Bevanites who opposed NHS prescription charges and right-wing Gaitskellites who favoured revisionism

  2. 2

    Why did Aneurin Bevan resign from the Cabinet in 1951?

    Model answer

    Over the introduction of NHS charges for dental care and spectacles to fund Korean War rearmament

  3. 3

    What did Hugh Gaitskell attempt to revise in 1959, and what was the outcome?

    Model answer

    He attempted to revise Clause IV of Labour's constitution to remove the commitment to nationalisation, but was defeated by party opposition

  4. 4

    What does 'Conservatism and the Establishment' refer to in post-war Britain?

    Model answer

    The close connection between the Conservative Party and traditional elite institutions including public schools, Oxbridge, the Church of England, and the aristocracy

  5. 5

    What scandal damaged Harold Macmillan's government in 1963 and contributed to perceptions of an out-of-touch establishment?

    Model answer

    The Profumo Affair

  6. 6

    Who led Labour to victory in the 1964 general election, and what was the majority?

    Model answer

    Harold Wilson, with a narrow majority of four seats

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