paigning - when out of office.
come the devout defenders of capitalism.
policies previous Labour Governments.
The Labour Governments of 1964-70 were characterised not by their socialist For even by their progressive reforms - but by a complete failure.to advance the cause of the working class Housing In 1964 Labour made much of its radical housing policies. By 1969 the housing situation in Britain was steadily worsening. In the public sector 15,000 mouses had been topped our Ene council house building scheme. The following table shows the decline in areas which were Labour strongholds heavily popRADICAL PROMISES of social and economic reform, sometimes delivered with a dash of socialist rhetoric, are generally a feature of Labour's camBut as soon as a Labour administration are thus not some deviation from Labour's norm. Such anti-working class and pro-capitalist policies have been a regular feature of all No. of houses built in: 1969 Tower Hamlets obs Barking Newham Southwark 3345 Gateshead wallsend Jarrow The money lenders were not doing too badly. In 1969-70 the Greater London Council estimated that 91p of every 100p collected in rents went in interest
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takes the helm the 'socialist' facade collapses and the Labour leaders be- The Healey proposals to cut liv- ing standards and the growing jobless — a deliberate product of Labour's