SUMMARY OF TORY RULE 1957-64

MACMILLIAN AS PRIME MINISTER- NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD

• won as more skilled in gaining support than Butler
• he had gained respect from doing a fine job as minister of housing
• traditional Tory
• Britain was prosperous but warning about inflation

GENERAL ELECTION OF 1959

• Labour appeared backward, unpatritotic and out of touch
• Labour arguing about nuclear & nationalisaton
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