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The Bevanite Group of MPs, of which there were about three dozen, coalesced following Bevan's resignation from the Cabinet in 1951 when the health service started charging for previously free services such as spectacles in order to help pay for Britain's involvement in the
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says. "Bevan alone kept the flag of left-wing socialism aloft throughout – which gave him a matchless authority amongst the constituency parties and in party conference." At the 1952 Labour Party Conference, Bevanites were elected to six of the seven places on the
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within the party. The Gaitskellites typically won most of the battles inside Parliament, but Bevanism was stronger among local Labour activists. The Bevanites split over the issue of nuclear weapons, and the movement faded away after Bevan died in 1960.
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of nationalized industries, which Bevan believed were governed unconstitutionally due to their lack of public accountability.
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group, which had previously dissented from the pro-American foreign policy of the 1945–1951 Labour government favoured by
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across Britain, and set up local discussion groups known as "Brains Trusts", also a legacy of the "Keep Left" group.
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stayed unshaken", while acknowledging that Bevan was not a traditional Marxist. Despite declaring inspiration from
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Jobson, Richard. "'Waving the Banners of a Bygone Age', Nostalgia and Labour's Clause IV Controversy, 1959–60."
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General unwillingness to yield upon the perceived gains made since 1945, for example, opposition to
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itself provided an important print voice for Bevanite politicians and was in wide circulation.
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magazine, allocating left-wing MPs and campaigners to form speaking panels around the country.
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Pistols at Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt and Fox to Blair and Brown
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The nationalisation of the steel industry, contrary to the views of many colleagues.
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resigned with Bevan himself. The group in Parliament drew heavily from the previous
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The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thought Since 1945
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Steck, Henry J. "Grassroots Militants & Ideology: The Bevanite Revolt."
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Bevanism, Labour's High Tide: The Cold War and the Democratic Mass Movement
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Brains Trusts organised in support of the newspaper favoured by Bevanites,
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Later in his political career, Bevan began advocating the maintenance of
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Freedom of debate, opinion and criticism within the Labour Party.
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Political history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)
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A complementary ability to drop unpopular policies.
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Index


Aneurin Bevan
left wing
Labour Party
Aneurin Bevan
Richard Crossman
Michael Foot
Barbara Castle
Gaitskellites
social democrats
Marxism
Leader of the Labour Party
Michael Foot
class conflict
Karl Marx
proletarian revolution
Ed Balls
democratic socialism
Korean War
Harold Wilson
John Freeman
"Keep Left"
Clement Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Hugh Gaitskell
Picture Post
Constituency Labour Parties
Tribune
State ownership
commanding heights of the economy

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