Clement Attlee
Clement AttleeLabour Party (UK)United Kingdom general election, 1945Winston ChurchillAttlee ministryBritish BattalionHugh GaitskellArthur GreenwoodUnited Kingdom general election, 1935Harold WilsonHerbert MorrisonUnited Kingdom general election, 1955Potsdam ConferenceLord Privy SealErnest BevinStafford CrippsUnited Kingdom general election, 1950Aneurin BevanNeville ChamberlainChristopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Hastings Lees-SmithEarl AttleeLord President of the CouncilAppeasementChancellor of the ExchequerLeader of the House of CommonsJoseph StalinJames Chuter EdeLeader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)Oswald MosleySecretary of State for the ColoniesLondon School of EconomicsJohn Anderson, 1st Viscount WaverleyWilliam BeveridgeWar Cabinet1951United Kingdom general election, 1979Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of SalisburyEllen WilkinsonBritish Transport Commission
Europe's not so happy referendum history - Financial Times
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Europe's not so happy referendum history Financial Times By George Parker Lady Thatcher once described referendums as “a device of demagogues and dictators”, echoing a view expressed initially by Clement Attlee. Their 21st century political heirs in the Conservative and Labour parties have no such ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Roy Hodgson's chance to bury myth of Norse invincibility - The Guardian (blog)
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 The Guardian (blog) | Roy Hodgson's chance to bury myth of Norse invincibility The Guardian (blog) ... euphoria of Norwegian radio's Bjorge Lillelien and his ecstatic and idiosyncratic audit of the vanquished: Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Clement Attlee, Henry Cooper, Lady Diana and Maggie Thatcher. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Obama would enable a nation of Julias - Columbia Daily Tribune
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 The Guardian | Obama would enable a nation of Julias Columbia Daily Tribune The phrase "cradle-to-grave welfare state" originated with Clement Attlee's socialist government in post-World War II Britain. Back then, it was meant as a boastful description of a new age of government activism. Subsequently, it became a term of ... The Republicans should not be goaded by Julia, Obama's composite voter |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Op Ed: Leaders are the instruments, not the architects, of change - Edmonton Journal
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Op Ed: Leaders are the instruments, not the architects, of change Edmonton Journal Consider the British election of 1945, when Winston Churchill and the Conservatives warned that a victory for Clement Attlee's Labour would mean the implementation of a socialist welfare state and Britain's ruin. Attlee won, and he implemented the ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Duncan Hamilton: House of Lords adds unexpected sparkle to dull political debate - Scotsman
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 Scotsman | Duncan Hamilton: House of Lords adds unexpected sparkle to dull political debate Scotsman Picture: Getty CLEMENT Attlee wonderfully described the House of Lords as being “like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days”. But will it stand for much longer, given the commitment to reform in the coalition Queen's Speech? |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Great British Prime Ministers - Spectator.co.uk (blog)
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Great British Prime Ministers Spectator.co.uk (blog) After all, no committed Socialist would include Margaret Thatcher, and no red-blooded Tory would consider Clement Attlee. Yet both would make most objective observers' lists. Sadly, I also had to disregard some favourite characters. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
What should we pay MPs? You won't like the answer - The Guardian
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 The Guardian | What should we pay MPs? You won't like the answer The Guardian Clement Attlee left constituency matters to local councillors. Of course, the job has changed beyond recognition: no MP would survive neglecting their patch. The Hansard Society finds MPs' hours lengthening to an average 69 a week, without travel. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Notes on a new economic model - MarketWatch
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Notes on a new economic model MarketWatch From the creation of National Insurance in 1911 in the UK to FDR's New Deal to Clement Attlee's welfare state in 1945 to Johnson's Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 to Obama's saving of General Motors, the center-left across the West has taken just enough ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
François Hollande: France's Mr Normal gets his chance to shine - The Guardian (blog)
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 The Guardian (blog) | François Hollande: France's Mr Normal gets his chance to shine The Guardian (blog) François Hollande, president-elect of France, is as dull as Clement Attlee, Labour's most successful prime minister. He won as Mr Normal against Nicolas Sarkozy's mercurial and arrogant incumbency as much as he did against his rival's alleged focus on ... |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
Fact File: The Housing Crisis - The Independent
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Fact File: The Housing Crisis The Independent 1945-1951 – Clement Attlee's post-war government builds over a million homes, mostly council properties. 1980-1998 – Approximately 2 million council homes are sold off, following the success of Thatcher's 'Right-to-Buy' scheme. |
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 11:21:39 PM
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