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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law...

There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law...

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares...

What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares...

In politics, guts is all.

In politics, guts is all.

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the...

It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the...

It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and...

It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and...

It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking...

It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking...

That was not what men and women fought for during the war.

That was not what men and women fought for during the war.

Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see...

Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see...

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness...

Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness...

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice...

And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice...

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will...

And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will...

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to...

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to...

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government,...

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government,...

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining...

He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining...

I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd...

I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd...