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The main characteristics of the 1950’s for the Labour Party were: public dissension among its leaders, and a decline of its popularity with the electorate. The two features were of course connected, though perhaps not as closely as some people may imagine, for, as we have seen, there had been plenty of open disagreements within the party in its long years of growth before the Second World War.
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© 1976 Henry Pelling
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Pelling, H. (1976). Dissension and Decline (1950–60). In: A Short History of the Labour Party. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15677-1_7
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