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1970-1979 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the jabour majority had disappeared in the house of commons
        
        led to lib-lab pact
        
        avoided vote of no confidence
        
        meant 12 mps agreed to vote with the government in return callaghan would move ahead with devolution for wales and scotland
        
        referendums were held ,but were rigged towards to devolution being unlikely ith referendums being held in march 1979
        
        scotland
        
        yes 51.6%
        
        no 48.4%
        
        wales
        
        yes 20.3%
        
        no 79.7%
    - - first time since 1924
      - government forced to resign
      - image of winter of discontent filled the media
      - Conservatives wold win the 1979 election with a decent majority of 43 for the conservatives
  - - - Britain received a loan of 3 billion in return the government had to make big spending cuts
      - reinforced the image of Britain being on an economic decline
      - was handled well and the economy would recover
      - the left of the party saw it as betrayal
    - - led to infation dorpping by 10%
      - unemployment at 1.76 million better than it used to be ,but still high
    - - TUC woud reject Labours wage increase limit of % percent
        
        trade unions would put in hire demands
      - led to transport delays due to stireks through lorry drivers and train drivers
      - public seecter workers like staff in local council or hipital porters or dustmne all would stiek as well
      - compared to the miners stike of 1974 this was not nearly as bad
  - - - in election in 1975 the unionists would receive a majority
        
        the convention was dissolved in 1i76
    - - meant they were no longer seen as politcal prisoners
      - led to the blanket protests and would alter evolved into the dirty protest after 1978
        
        by 1979 over 250 prisoners were taking part in the protest and demands were growing for them to regain their political status
- - - - he came from a lower middle class background
    - - heath would be forced to u turn on this
  - - - beginning of far right groups like the national front
      - in 1971 the conservatives passed the immigration act which restricted the right of people from the new commonwealth from coming to Britain
      - after the dictator of Uganda Idi Amin persecuted the Ugandan Asians those who had British passport having moved from India to Uganda had an exception with Britain having 28000 enter the country
      - by 1974 over 1 million New Commonwealth immigrants had come to Britain
    - - increase in football hooliganism
      - for the most part just a rebellious phase
      - more people listening to punk rock
    - - Women's liv would begin organising demonstrations in both London and Liverpool in march 1971 demanding equal pay for women and free 24 hour nurseries
      - feminism split into different ideoliges
        
        readical feminists
        
        social feminists
      - the pill would begin to be more widespread in 1971 due to it being available through the NHS
  - - - 20% inflation
      - 1m unemployed
    - - in 1971 there were 228 strikes by 1973 there were 2873
    - - french prime minister Pompidou was optimistic about britain's entry
    - - led to fuel shortages
      - led to three day work week
        
        increased productivity
      - cuased by the yom kippur war in the middle east
      - price of oil 4 times what it used to be
  - - - major failure for british army and heaths government
      - british embassy in dublin burned down
    - - snningdale agreement
        
        an attempt to try and create power sharing executive and council or ireland
        
        denounced as a sellout from both the republicans and the loyalists
      - Mcgurk okbm1971
        
        15 killed by uvf bomb
      - m62 army coach 12 killed b IRA bomb
- - - - admisniteers the government shar hlding in provate companies
      - give financial aid
      - effectiveness questioned