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A Summary fo the 10 year Duel documentary outlining the rivalry between Harold Wilson and Edward Heath.
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Heath vs Wilson the 10 year Duel~ Notes
Created @April 21, 2023 8:32 AM
Topic Politics
Gov and PM Conservatives Heath Labour Wilson
Type Classwork Homework
1964 Oct - Wilson elected
- Natural man of the people
- Not trying to persuade media he was ordinary - he was just ordinary
- Wilson was proud of his humble beginnings
- White Heat, scientific revolution (New Britain Manifesto)
- Did he actually achieve his new dawn?
1965 - Heath becomes leader of the Conservative Party
- Carbon copy of Wilson as he represented modernity and new beginnings for the
Conservative Party, which at the time was dominated by the old Etonian classes
- Also from humble background
- Wilson was a thinker, Heath was a plotter
- They faced each other in the Commons for the first time
- Heath cracked a joke and was amazed when people took it seriously
- New age of pop, Wilson compared himself to Kennedy
- Wilson was threatened by inherited economic problems and his only option was to
devaluation the pound, but he did it too late and missed the chance to blame the
conservatives for it
- Wilson was oozing confidence as Heath withdrew into his own shell
1966 - first of their four election duels
- Wilson underperforms during elections, getting less majority than expected
- Britain wins World Cup
- Wilson, implied that nothing will change when devaluing the pound
Heath vs Wilson the 10 year Duel ~ Notes 1
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