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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER I. THE BATTLE OF THE POLLS
New Year messages of the party leaders (pg. 1). wage claims (pg. 1-3). the party programmes (pg. 3-7). election policy of the Liberals (pg. 7-8). election campaign (pg. 8-14). polling (pg. 14-15). analysis of results (pg. 15-23).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER I. DEFENCE AND REARMAMENT (January–March)
Problems of 1951 (pg. 1-2). Anglo-American relations and China (pg. 2-3). meeting of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers (pg. 3-4). Mr. Attlee on Russia (pg. 4). domestic shortages (pg. 4-7). steel nationalization (pg. 7). defence debate, 14–15 February (pg. 7-11). the Atlantic Command (pg. 11-12). Mr. Morrison succeeds Mr. Bevin (pg. 12-13). Egyptian debt settlement (pg. 13-14). strikes and wage disputes (pg. 14-16). privilege questions (pg. 16-18). cricket (pg. 18).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER II. THE BATTLE OF THE BENCHES (March–July)
Labour continues in office (pg. 23-24). Ministerial changes (pg. 24-25). Opposition attitudes (pg. 25-27). Economic Survey for 1950 (pg. 27-28). industrial problems (pg. 28-29). the Budget (pg. 29). relaxation of controls (pg. 29-33). Mr. MacManaway (pg. 33-35). the Liberal Party (pg. 35-36). Labour adjustments of policy (pg. 36-38).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER V. THE DARKENING WAY (October–December)
1950
Personalia (pg. 65-66). Labour and Conservative Conferences (pg. 66-67). domestic politics (pg. 67-70). Communist peace offensive (pg. 70-71). Korea (pg. 71-72). Egypt (pg. 72). Anglo-American tensions (pg. 72-73). Mr. Attlee's visit to Washington (pg. 73-74). the end of Marshall aid (pg. 74). rearmament prospects (pg. 74-75).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM SUMMARY: CHAPTER III. FOREIGN POLICY: THE MIDDLE EAST
Mr. Morrison as Foreign Secretary (pg. 37-38). Anglo-American relations: General MacArthur, supplies to China, the Japanese Treaty (pg. 38-41). meetings of Foreign Secretaries' deputies (pg. 41). Mr. Morrison and Pravda (pg. 41-42). Mediterranean defence (pg. 42-43). Anglo-Egyptian tension (pg. 43-46). Anglo-Persian oil negotiations, 1948–50 (pg. 46-49). nationalization of Persian oil, 1951 (pg. 49-51). Mr. Morrison's dilemma (pg. 51-53). breakdown of oil talks (pg. 53-54). Egyptian abrogation of treaties (pg. 54-55). Middle East defence plans (pg. 55-56).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE FOR SOLVENCY
Sir Stafford Cripps (pg. 34-35). Economic Survey, 1948 (pg. 35-37). White paper on Incomes, Costs, and Prices (pg. 37-39). the Budget (pg. 39-42). signs of disinflation (pg. 42-43). strikes (pg. 43-44). production problems: engineering, coal, textiles (pg. 44-45). 80th T.U.C. Congress (pg. 45-48). Marshall aid (pg. 48-51). bilateral and international agreements (pg. 51-56). the Four Year Plan (pg. 56-57).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER I. THE FIRST QUARTER
1956
The Prime Minister's decline in popularity (pg. 1). surplus arms for Egypt (pg. 1-2). talks in Washington and Ottawa (pg. 2). death penalty: advance towards abolition (pg. 2-3). industrial troubles: Smithfield porters (pg. 3-4). musicians (pg. 4). lay clerks of Canterbury Cathedral (pg. 4). printers (pg. 4-5). teachers (pg. 5). the Restrictive Trade Practices Bill (pg. 5-6). the Chancellor's measures against inflation (pg. 6-8). defence debate (pg. 8). National Health Service (pg. 8-9). Divorce Commission report (pg. 9). technological education (pg. 9). by-elections (pg. 9). Cyprus (pg. 9-11). foreign affairs debate (pg. 11-12). dismissal of General Glubb (pg. 12). Malta (pg. 12-13). British Caribbean Federation (pg. 13). Royal visit to Nigeria (pg. 13). miscellaneous: canals (pg. 13-14). car inspection (pg. 14). air-speed record (pg. 14). renovation of Westminster Abbey (pg. 14). St. Paul's Cathedral precinct plan (pg. 14-15). proposal to demolish the Imperial Institute (pg. 15). ethics of hunting (pg. 15). drinks and books (pg. 15-16). M. Malenkov's visit (pg. 16). frost and thaw (pg. 16-17).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER III. MIDSUMMER TO MICHAELMAS—THE KOREAN TRUCE
Remainder of the session (pg. 31-32). education debate (pg. 32-33). television (pg. 33-34). importation of coal (pg. 34). new rocket weapons (pg. 34). the R.A.F. fly-past (pg. 34-35). the Washington Conference and debate thereon (pg. 35). exchanges of Notes with Russia (pg. 35-38). the Korean armistice (pg. 38-40). wage claims (pg. 40-41). the E.T.U. strike (pg. 41-42). nationalized industries control (pg. 42). report on capital punishment (pg. 42-43). general practitioners and the N.H.S. (pg. 43). receipts from foreign visitors (pg. 43-44). telegrams and railways (pg. 44). air records (pg. 44). derationing (pg. 44-45). the recovery of the Ashes (pg. 45). downfall of Dr. Musaddiq (pg. 45).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER I. BEFORE EASTER—DEATH OF KING GEORGE VI
Finance Ministers' Conference (pg. 1-2). Mr. Churchill in the United States (pg. 2-3). Egypt (pg. 4-6). the austerity policy (pg. 6-8). foreign affairs debate (pg. 8-9). death of the King and accession of Elizabeth II (pg. 9-13). election expenses case (pg. 13-14). Italian miners rejected (pg. 14-15). foreign policy and defence debates (pg. 15-16). labour disunity (pg. 16-17). housing subsidies (pg. 17). the Budget (pg. 17-20). slump in textiles (pg. 20-21). Seretse Khama (pg. 21-22). County Council elections (pg. 22).
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