 Devolving PowerLeslie Hannah
Chapter 13 in Engineers, Managers and Politicians, 1982, pp 161-167 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The Conservatives generally enjoyed the hot air of political rhetoric against nationalisation, and when they returned to power in 1951, some Ministers were willing to contemplate extensive de-nationalisation to reverse Labour’s programme. In the case of electricity, however, a return to pre-nationalisation organisation was widely regarded as impractical, and many in the Cabinet felt that a full-blooded commitment to de-nationalisation in areas like this would do nothing to improve efficiency and provide no real political gains either. Even so, it was not until two years after he came to power that Churchill quelled speculation by announcing publicly that the supply industry would remain under public control.1 There remained considerable discontent among Conservative back-bench diehards, who felt the need to redeem some of their rhetorical opposition pledges. In opposition they had attacked the Central Authority and Labour Ministers for the industry’s alleged inefficiency and bureaucratic over-centralisation. Keywords: Central Authority; Supply Industry; Political Rhetoric; Labour Minister; Area Board (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-03446-8_13 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03446-8_13 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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