Harold Wilson's Premiership 1964-1970
A summary of Wilson's first premiership.
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- HAROLD WILSON'S PREMIERSHIP 1964-1970
- ROY JENKINS
- Abortion Act 1967: permitted legal abortion
- Sexual Offences Act 1967: permitted homosexual actions
- Theatres Act 1968: ended theatre censorship
- Abolition of Death Penalty 1969
- Divorce Reform Act 1969: allowed divorce on more liberal grounds
- Race Relations Acts of '65 and '68: prohibited discrimination and racial hatred
- CLAIMS OF INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC REVOLUTION
- Unfounded?
- ... but Balance of Trade did generally improve
- Creation of the Open University (OU)
- Unfounded?
- Kept Britain out of Vietnam; underrated achievement?
- Union disputes
- Wilson believed that inflation was an enemy, so wages and salaries must be controlled
- 'White heat of technology' speech emphasised a divergence from 'restrictive practices'
- 'In Place of Strife' - a white paper designed to curb Union powers
- Seamen and dock workers struck early on in premiership
- Prices and Incomes board
- 'White heat of technology' speech emphasised a divergence from 'restrictive practices'
- Wilson believed that inflation was an enemy, so wages and salaries must be controlled
- Devaluation
- "Pound in your pocket" speech lied and made Wilson distrusted among public
- £1 = $2.80
- to
- £1 = $2.40
- to
- Actually had positive effect on BoT
- Did Wilson put it off for too long?
- ROY JENKINS
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