Title: Labour Party - Conservapedia
Headings: Labour Party
Labour Party
Contents
History
Origins
Interwar period
Victory in 1945
Socialism
New Left
Social issues
Industrial Strife
A swing to the left
Tony Blair and "New Labour"
Jeremy Corbyn and far-left shift
PR and spin
Sharia Infiltration
Anti-Semitism
Prime Ministers
See also
Further reading
External links
References

Content: The Labour Party briefly formed a government again in 1929, but this did not survive the effects of the Great Depression. In a dispute over the best way to handle the economic consequences of the global financial crash, the Party leadership fractured. A new "National Government" drawn from all parties was formed, with Ramsay MacDonald still as Prime Minister. However this was dominated by the other parties, particularly the Conservatives, who went on to dominate the British political scene for the rest of the interwar period. Victory in 1945
The Second World War saw a major shift in political attitudes within Britain, and led to a landslide victory for Clement Attlee in 1945. The modest, unassuming intellectual Attlee named a cabinet that included all elements of the party. Of 37 ministers, eight were former coal miners, and eleven had been active trade unionists. This government introduced sweeping reforms of industry and the creation of the welfare state. Attlee's government nationalised major industries, founded the National Health Service, and developed the idea of welfare from cradle to grave paid for out of taxation and available to everyone free of charge. Much of the welfare state is still in force today.