Britain in Decline - Labour 1964-1970 (Wilson)

Majority from 1966 election (Labour)

96

Voter disillusionment and a patchy led to a party membership decrease of?

150,000

When did the EEC application fail

1967

Deflation led to increased taxes on ?

Alcohol and tobacco

What did devaluation in 1967 do?

Create a precedent for Labour devaluing the pound

What did Wilson say that devaluation wouldn’t do?

Affect the purse but it did effect those who bought foreign goods

Why did in place of strife fail

More strike days needed made Labour look too far right

When was the seamen strike

1966

Examples of some social reforms

Divorce Act

Abortion Act

Death penalty abolished

Who did the social reforms contrast with

Traditional conservatives such as Mary Whitehouse

What was a benefit of these social reforms

They were in line with the changing views of the youth