Ted Heath

TED HEATH A LEVAL i think im acc about to explode

when did Brittan join the EEC and whith who as president of france

January 1973

• Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

what was another name for the far right attitude of Ted

“seldson man”

when and what was decided at the selldson park program

January 1970

• Imigration control

• tax reform

• more law enforcement

• reform trade unions

• cut public spending

what economic issues did Ted face at the begining of his term

• unemployment rearly reached 1 million

• Barber boom lead to high inlfation

• stagfaltion

what was Ted’s U-turn

1971

• Nationalised the royalle royce company in 1971

• subsidesed £35 million to the upper clyde ship builders

By 1973 unemployment fell to 500,000

what were teds original policys economic

• To remove lame duck industries

• cut publoic spending which led to the Barber boom

who was Ted’s chancerllor

Anthony Barber

what was decimilisation

1971

Allowed the pound to alline more with europe

what casued the 1973 oil crisis

yom kippur war in middle east

• opec declared oil embargo

• price of oil rose by 4x

how much did the cost of a barrel of oirl rise by 1973

$2 - $35 1973-80

what happend in the three day week

unemployment doubled to over 1.6 million

devaluation of the pound

made the economy even more unproductive

what happened and when was the ted heath gereral election that he lost

28 Febuary 1974

“who governes brittan”

lost by 5 steats to labour

11/12 MPs refused to stand

what difficultys did teds industrial policys face

• Industrial relations act was heavily opposed by the right of the party

what inital industrial issues did ted face

• doctors strike, dustmen, postal workers, ‘go slow’ strikle by power workers

• 1972 major strikes by miners and 8 other industries

• resulting in the highest number of days lost scince 1926

what were teds original industrial poilcys

• Industrial relations act set ip a board of international relations to govern strikes and intigate a cooling off piriod

• abolished the board for prices and incomes

• industry act 1972

what wee later issues ted heath faced in industrys

november 1973 - power workers demanded a pay rise

January 1974 - NUM called national strike and overtime ban

willie whitelaw was moved to be minister of employment

what issues did ted face with NI

1970’s = increace in sectarian violence

• 1971 had the introduction of internment increaced IRA support

what percentage of those interned were catholic

95% between 1971-75

what and when was bloody Sunday

• Northern Rights Civil Assosiation organised a march

• Jan 1972

• 13 killed by Brittish soldiors

what were the effects of bloody sunday

• british embassy in dublin was burned down

• IRA gained support in USA

• Increaced IRA violence

• 12 killed in M62 army coach IRA bomb

what happend in 1972 stats wise for IRA

1382 explosions

10628 shootings

480 deaths

what were ted’s policys on NI

• After 1974 direct rule

• Heath backed Brian Faulkner who was head of the ulster unionist party

• internment and night curfew

what and when was the sunningdale agreement

• 1973-1974

• powesharing agreement between nationalists and unionists

• new northern irland assembally elected

• council of irland with input from the republic.

how did NI effect the 1974 election

• votes were split

• Conservatives could no longer rely on UUP due to sunningdale agreement

how much of a pay rise did ted giev the workers in 1973

2%

how did ted reform local govement

local goverment act 1971

• reorganised the local goverment whith a two tier structure

what was teds relationship with China

• 1972, he upgraded relations to full ambassador-level diplomacy

• 1974, he met with Mao Zedong and allowed for panda diplomacy

• also known as the ‘people’s friendship envoy’

who brought an end to the unnindale agreement

Reverend Ian Paisely