Later Democratic socialism

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Tony Benn (1925-2014)

-wrote 'Arguments for socialism’ (1980)

-believed it was impossible to achieve socialism in a mainly capitalist economy due to past governments failures

-However was still for evolutionary socialism

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Benn’s adjustments needed to achieve socialism in Britain

-restoration of parliamentary sovereignty through the UK’s withdrawal from the EU as it was a ‘capitalist club’

-parliamentary reform- abolition of HoL strengthening of HoC

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Post war Labour government

-Clement Attlee

-creation of the welfare state and transfer of several industries to public

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Failure provoking benn

Wilson-Callaghan UK government cutting public spending in 1976 and their overall failure