To mark the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson’s iconic ‘white heat’ speech, the Centre for British Politics held a conference this summer at the People’s History Museum in Manchester. Ahead … Read the rest
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The Centre for British Politics and the People’s History Museum recently marked the 50th anniversary of Harold Wilson’s iconic ‘white heat’ speech, which he used to open a debate on science held at the Labour party’s national conference on October 1st 1963.
His first speech to conference as leader, having only been elected in February after the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, and with an election in the offing, Wilson mapped out what Britain would have to do to prosper in a post-war world defined by the radical application of new technologies of production, one that posed as many threats as opportunities. Hoping to reverse the party’s apparently fatal electoral decline, Wilson claimed that only Labour could help the country advance in this context by using the state in new ways, thereby unlocking the full potential of science and of the British people themselves.
This is one of a short series of posts based on papers that will be presented to a conference to be held on 5th July, organised by the People’s History … Read the rest
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This is one of a short series of posts based on papers that will be presented to a conference to be held on 5th July, organised by … Read the rest
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This is one of a short series of posts based on papers that will be presented to a conference to be held on 5th July, organised by … Read the rest
This is one of a short series of posts based on papers that will be presented to a conference to … Read the rest