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“Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion.”
 
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Barbara Castle
 
Name:   Barbara Castle
 
Nationality:   British
 
Date of Birth:   Oct 6, 1910
 
Date of Death:   May 3,  2002
 
Profession:   Politician
 
 
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I remember people who'd had a lot of hardship during the war. They'd thought we'd won.
 
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I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
 
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And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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