S02: Consensus and Conflict (50 Years of British Politics in 50 Minutes)
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Consensus and Conflict
Rob and Tom discuss the 50 years of British politics from 1945-1997 in roughly 50 minutes.
Topics
Post War Government
Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
Boom and Bust
Thatcher
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Shownotes
Wikipedia - Winston Churchill
Wikipedia - NHS
Wikipedia - Keynesian Economics
Wikipedia - Suez Crisis
Made in Dagenham - Always a Problem Waiting in the Wings
Telegraph - Harold Wilson Night: the PM who lived and died by television
Billy Elliot - Solidarity
Wikipedia - Black Monday
Spitting Image - Go Now
Wikipedia - Black Wednesday
Andrew Marr - History of Modern Britain
Discuss
Attribution
Recording engineer: Craig
Theme song: Handel's Water Music (Public Domain under CC0 1.0) with Big Ben Chimes (By hyderpotter under CC0 1.0).
Main Image: Collage of Prime Ministers 1945-1997 by Tom. Source Images:
Yalta Conference [Public Domain]
Paris, Verhandlungen über NATO-Beitritt by Unknown [CC by SA 3.0]
President John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain in Bermuda [Public Domain]
Alec Douglas-Home by Anefo [CC by SA 3.0]
Edward Heath appearing on 'After Dark' by Open Media Ltd. [CC by SA 3.0]
Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Prime Minister Harold Wilson [Public Domain]
Callaghan Carter 1977 [Public Domain]
President Ronald Reagan with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher During a Working Luncheon at Camp David [Public Domain]
Major, PM [Public Domain]