Why were the Conservatives defeated in 1974?
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- Why were the Conservatives defeated in 1974?
- Economy
- Higher prices due to inflation and TU demands, at the same time, industrial problems remained stagnant. The 'British disease'
- Trade Unions
- TU threatened which strikes and they usually won e.g. 1971 strike of dockers meant wages increased by 20%
- Prices doubled!
- TU threatened which strikes and they usually won e.g. 1971 strike of dockers meant wages increased by 20%
- Heath's 'U-turn'
- 1971-1972 – retreat from free market principles he had outlined. Desire to maintain full employment led him to give state aid to key industries e.g. Rolls Royce
Heath
- seen as too willing to give up on his aims and objectives, that he lacked a clear sense of direction.
- 1971-1972 – retreat from free market principles he had outlined. Desire to maintain full employment led him to give state aid to key industries e.g. Rolls Royce
Heath
- Social
- 1971 Unemployment rose above 1 million – first time since 1930’s. The outrage over the removal of free school milk
- Labour
- ‘No presidential nonsense this time, not first
one hundred days, and no beer and sandwiches in No 10 to solve crises'
- Wanted to avoid disasters. Voters still associated Heath with 3 day week and conflict with miners
- ‘No presidential nonsense this time, not first
one hundred days, and no beer and sandwiches in No 10 to solve crises'
- Oil Crisis
- 1973 oil prices went up by 10% which boosted inflation, as prices went up, TU demanded higher wages
- The wage-price spiral
- 1973 oil prices went up by 10% which boosted inflation, as prices went up, TU demanded higher wages
- Economy
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