The 1951 Election

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What Two Main Reasons Were the Public Angry At Labour?
Rationing Was Still In Place - The Korean War
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What were the Consequences of the Korean War?
Military Debt Quintupled - 1,000 dead
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What Were the Strengths of the Conservative Party?
Young & Fresh MP's - Recovered From the Shock of 1945 - Had an Anti-Labour Campaign in the Newspapers
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What Did Churchill Say About Attlee? "He's a ____ in ____ clothing".
"He's a sheep in sheep's clothing" (He's a weak leader)
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What Was the Country's Debt?
£4180 Million
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How Much Did the UK Spend That Year More Than They Made?
£750 Million
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Why Were the Worker Union's Angry At Labour?
Because labour was slow in responding to their demands.
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What Infamous Labour Controversy Caused the Division of the Party and What Was It Called?
Clause 4 (Nationalisation), The Bevanite / Gaitskellian Quarrel
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What Infamous Labour MP Stepped Down and Why?
Bevan, prescriptions on glasses and dental (of all things)
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