Britain 1964 to 1979.

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An overview of the Prime Ministers of this period.
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Wilson (1st Term) 1964 to 1970
Heath 1970 to 1974
Wilson (2nd Term) 1974 to 1976
Callaghan 1976 to 1979
WILSON Political Events and Personalities 1. 'Thirteen wasted years' slogan. 2. A more youthful and progressive image. 3. The 'white heath of the technological revolution'.
WILSON Economic 1. Creation of the DEA (Department of Economic Affairs) under George Brown. 2. The National Plan, 1964, and it's failures. 3. Devaluation. 4. Roy Jenkin's balance of payment's surplus by 1969. 5. Still trapped in a cycle of 'stop-go'. 6. IMF loans.
WILSON Social 1. Union tensions - 'In Place of Strife'. 2. Prices and Income policy. 3. Immigration debates. 4. Social reforms: Race Relations Acts, 1965 and 1968 Abortion Act, 1967 Commonwealth Immigration Act, 1968 Theatres Act, 1968 Abolition of the death penalty, 1969 Divorce Reform Act, 1969
HEATH Political Events and Personalities 1. First elected, rather that chosen, Conservative leader. Also the first that didn't go to private school. 2. 'Selsdon Man',. 3. U-turns. 4. The end of consensus?
HEATH Economic 1. A more free market and liberal approach to the economy. 2. The 'Barber Boom'. 3. Stagflation. 4. Bailed out Rolls Royce and the Upper Clyde Ship Builders (U-turn). 5. OPEC oil crisis.
HEATH Social 1. Strikes. 2. Three-day week.
HEATH Foreign 1. Yom Kippur War, 1973. 2. OPEC oil. 3. Northern Ireland - Bloody Sunday, 1972, and Sunningdale Agreement, 1973. 4. Britain's entry into the EEC!!
WILSON (2nd Term) Political Events and Personalities Very small majority in the Commons which was wiped out by bi-elections.
WILSON (2nd Term) Economics 1. Rapid inflation (up to 20%) caused by the oil price crisis. 2. 1975 - Chancellor Mealey cut public spending and interest rates (the beginning of the end of consensus?).
WILSON (2nd Term) Social Trade union struggles.
WILSON (2nd Term) Foreign Referendum on ECC membership in 1975.
CALLAGHAN Political Events and Personalities 1. Delayed calling an election for too long. 2. 'Crisis, what crisis' - media image of Labour.
CALLAGHAN Economics 1. Balance of payments deficit. 2. Drop of the pound. 3. increasing interest rates. 4. Record budget deficit of over £1 billion. 5. Unemployment. 6. IMF Crisis, 1976.
CALLAGHAN Social The 'Winter of Discontent'.
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