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Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle
British Politician
Born: Oct 6, 1910
Died: May 3, 2002
Been Down Had People Remember War
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There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state provided. It was very degrading, very humiliating. And there was a means test for receiving poor relief. Barbara Castle
People Law Welfare Humiliating State Relief Degrading Rely Had Mainly Welfare State Test Provided Very Poor Means Receiving
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. Barbara Castle
War Me Socialism People Churchill Morale About Struck Had Talk Period Always How Up Even Keep
Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance. Barbara Castle
Government Problems Example National Other Our Out Carry Economic Through Parks Instance Economic Problems Ideals Policy Another National Parks Establishment Aspects Even
Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion. Barbara Castle
Economic Price Mess Because Undoubtedly Oil Explosion Britain
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit. Barbara Castle
Uncle Down Mining Would Brother Had He Course Boy How Go Been His Pit Dad
It was very much a cry for democratic control at that time. Above all, breaking the accomplished power of a few people to rule the lives of everybody else. Barbara Castle
Time People Power Few Control Everybody Everybody Else Else Rule Above Cry Democratic Accomplished Very Few People Breaking Much Lives
Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service. Barbara Castle
Service Health Those Drove Ideals Were Us
What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did. Barbara Castle
War Ensure System Out Shares Fair Continue Won Did Controls After Planning Set

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