History A-Level
Ideological shifts and electoral realignments
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The Second World War shifted public appetite towards state intervention and egalitarianism, and the 1945 general election resulted in a Labour landslide under Clement Attlee.
Topics that use Ideological shifts and electoral realignments
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – Transformation and change, 1939–1964 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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