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Devolving Power

In: Engineers, Managers and Politicians

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  • Leslie Hannah

    (London School of Economics)

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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.

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  • Leslie Hannah, 1982. "Devolving Power," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Engineers, Managers and Politicians, chapter 13, pages 161-167, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-03446-8_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03446-8_13
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