HIST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Maynard Keynes, Grigory Zinoviev, Fireside Chats
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80% of electorate voted for the first time people forced back buf march gov"t rushed through parl. a public order act banning all pol. uniforms and giving police power to stop or reroute potentially chaotic marches. Br. didn"t lurch to the extremes b/c parl. system respected, longstanding, stable (unlike most of. Br. institutions strengthened by victory in wwi majority of the pop. actually doing rather well and overwhelmingly supported the national gov"t new coalition gov"t 1931 at the height of the economic blizzard. Lg social policy established a ministry of health 1919 minister of health christopher addison extended provisions of the national insurance act deflationary policies. Getty"s acts 1922 provide even more cuts labour unrest many strikes in postwar years trade unions pressed for higher wages and shorter hours. Miners" federation went on strike, hoped labour and transport unions would join them.
