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Sunday, July 05, 2009
2. Labour Victory 1964
Iconic Labour Movement 1964. Hat tip thingy Col. Roi.
Labour’s manifesto, A New Britain, concentrated on this programme of economic reform. It promised a Prices and Incomes policy to curb prices and boost incomes. It included social reforms such as increased pensions, comprehensive schools with a leaving age of 16, and half a million housing units a year. Yet, despite Wilson’s trouncing of the Tories in debate, Labour’s popular vote was actually less than in 1959. It was a swing to the Liberals of two million Tory voters which gave Labour a tiny majority of four in the 1964 election.
Labour’s manifesto, A New Britain, concentrated on this programme of economic reform. It promised a Prices and Incomes policy to curb prices and boost incomes. It included social reforms such as increased pensions, comprehensive schools with a leaving age of 16, and half a million housing units a year. Yet, despite Wilson’s trouncing of the Tories in debate, Labour’s popular vote was actually less than in 1959. It was a swing to the Liberals of two million Tory voters which gave Labour a tiny majority of four in the 1964 election.
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"It was a swing to the Liberals of two million Tory voters which gave Labour a tiny majority of four in the 1964 election."
ReplyDeleteTrue, but it was still a victory for Labour - and on a progressive programme that we can only dream of today.