History: 'You've Never Had It So Good'- Britain in the 1950's
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Q00022517Course date
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1 sessionsTutor
Kate AntoniouFee range
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OnlineLevel of study
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The 1950s followed a long period of austerity in the early post war period. The UK had had a large number of challenges at the beginning of the period, including the start of the de colonisation period, the challenge of rebuilding Britain devastated by the second world war and supporting the early years of the welfare state and NHS.
By the time of Harold Macmillan’s speech Britain had been subject to huge amounts of criticism over its role in Suez.
What were the factors which led Macmillan to make this bold claim? We will examine these from a social, economic and political standpoint and take a view about whether his comments were justified for most people. Examining the data will allow us to form an opinion and also to consider what his comments meant to people of different social and economic groups.
The Prime Minister identified various challenges, what were these and did he deal with these effectively.
Lastly we will consider Britain today. What would we consider ‘never having it so good’ to be today?
Do we feel that this statement could be made today and if not why not?
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