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It is true that they paid much more attention to the trade unions because the trade unions were after all speaking for the rights and conditions of working men and women in their employment.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: After Attention Because Conditions Employment Men Men And Women More Much Paid Rights Speaking Trade True Unions Were Women Working

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It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just developing had been available to the Labor Government, but the oil revenues were just coming in when Labor fell in '79.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: Available Been Coming Developing Fell Gas Government Had Just Labor Might Natural Natural Gas Offset Oil Our Own Revenue Revenues Us Were

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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

Topics: Above Accomplished Breaking Control Cry Democratic Else Everybody Everybody Else Few Few People Lives Much People Power Rule Time Very

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That was not what men and women fought for during the war.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: Fought Men Men And Women War Women

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Then, with lots of people doing that without ever looking over their shoulders to see how they were affecting anybody else, it couldn't work, and it didn't work, and it just came to a standstill.

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Topics: Affecting Anybody Anybody Else Came Doing Else Ever How Just Looking Lots Over People See Shoulders Standstill Then Were Without Work

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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

Topics: Degrading Had Humiliating Law Mainly Means People Poor Provided Receiving Relief Rely State Test Very Welfare Welfare State

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Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service.

~Barbara Castle

Topics: Drove Health Ideals Service Those Us Were

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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.

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Topics: After Continue Controls Did Ensure Fair Out Planning Set Shares System War Won

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Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.

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Topics: Broke Concept Pool Private Private Property Property Resources Sacredness Why Why Not Your

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You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation.

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Topics: Another Meant Ownership Private Reason See You

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: October 6th, 1910

Died: May 3rd, 2002

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