Why did the Conservatives lose the election of 1964?
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- Created on: 15-05-18 16:57
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- Why were the Conservatives defeated in 1964?
- economic failures
- World trade declined by 10%
- 34.5% of funds went into research or defence rather than the people
- Failed to modernise staple industries (textiles and ship building)
- unemployment rates increased despite aim for 'full employment;
- Social failures
- limited amount of achievements compared to previous governments
- riots - Britain was struggling to adapt to a multi-racial society
- Immigrants were blamed for housing and job shortages
- Race riots, Notting Hill - white youths attacked black owned and rented properties
- Immigrants were blamed for housing and job shortages
- Commonwealth immigration act -1962 - influx of Immigrants came to UK
- Scandals
- Profumo affair
- 1963 - John Profumo had an affair with Russian Ambassador - posing a security risk
- Philby case
- Senior official has been passing info to the USSR and had been recruiting spies for them
- Profumo affair
- Suez crisis 1956
- misjudged the mood of the people
- eden Had already been criticised for his lacklustre domestic policy
- Eden's decision to withdraw was seen as evidence of his lack of political will and less than 3 months later he stood down as PM
- Macmillan - 'Mac the knife'
- Cabinet reshuffling - Night of the long knives 1962
- seen as ruthless
- The French Vetoed attempts for Britain to join EEC
- Critics suggested that Macmillan had lost control of parliament due to scandals
- Cabinet reshuffling - Night of the long knives 1962
- economic failures
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