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Description:“A free Health Service is a triumphant example of the superiority of collective action and public initiative applied to a segment of society where commercial principles are seen at their worst” – Aneurin Bevan Growing up in the hardship of a South Wales mining community, Aneurin Bevan developed a passionate conviction in the need for collective action by his class. In 1929 he began his long career as the Member for Ebbw Vale, shining as one of the most brilliant debaters in Parliament. In 1945 he entered the Labour Cabinet as Minister for Health and Housing and was instrumental in establishing the National Health Service. Despite opposition from both his own and opposition parties as well as the British Medical Association, the National Health Service Act 1946 was passed, nationalising more than 2,500 hospitals within the United Kingdom. In Place of Fear, first published in 1952, is a series of superbly written chapters on many of the key issues faced by the Labour movement in Parliament, including the role of the legislature, private and public spending, the health service, and the transition to socialism. Although the statistics relate to the forties and fifties, the most striking thing about the book is the way that Bevan’s perceptions remain directly relevant today. In Place of Fear should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the struggles and achievements of our social democracy. Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people. He was a long-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. Nick Thomas Symonds, MP was elected as the Labour MP for Torfaen in May 2015 and was re-elected with an increased majority in the June 2017 General Election. He was born and brought up in Blaenavon, and went on to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating in 2001 before working as a Tutor/Lecturer in Politics at his old college (2002-2015), specialising in twentieth-century British government. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2012 and has written two biographies of Labour Politicians, A Life in Politics (2010) and The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan (2014). Nick lives in Abersychan with his wife Rebecca, his daughters Matilda and Florence, his son William, and their dog, Pippa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Place of Fear: With a New Foreword by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, MP. To get started finding In Place of Fear: With a New Foreword by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, MP, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: “A free Health Service is a triumphant example of the superiority of collective action and public initiative applied to a segment of society where commercial principles are seen at their worst” – Aneurin Bevan Growing up in the hardship of a South Wales mining community, Aneurin Bevan developed a passionate conviction in the need for collective action by his class. In 1929 he began his long career as the Member for Ebbw Vale, shining as one of the most brilliant debaters in Parliament. In 1945 he entered the Labour Cabinet as Minister for Health and Housing and was instrumental in establishing the National Health Service. Despite opposition from both his own and opposition parties as well as the British Medical Association, the National Health Service Act 1946 was passed, nationalising more than 2,500 hospitals within the United Kingdom. In Place of Fear, first published in 1952, is a series of superbly written chapters on many of the key issues faced by the Labour movement in Parliament, including the role of the legislature, private and public spending, the health service, and the transition to socialism. Although the statistics relate to the forties and fifties, the most striking thing about the book is the way that Bevan’s perceptions remain directly relevant today. In Place of Fear should be read by anyone who wishes to understand the struggles and achievements of our social democracy. Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a British Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people. He was a long-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. Nick Thomas Symonds, MP was elected as the Labour MP for Torfaen in May 2015 and was re-elected with an increased majority in the June 2017 General Election. He was born and brought up in Blaenavon, and went on to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating in 2001 before working as a Tutor/Lecturer in Politics at his old college (2002-2015), specialising in twentieth-century British government. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2012 and has written two biographies of Labour Politicians, A Life in Politics (2010) and The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan (2014). Nick lives in Abersychan with his wife Rebecca, his daughters Matilda and Florence, his son William, and their dog, Pippa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In Place of Fear: With a New Foreword by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, MP. To get started finding In Place of Fear: With a New Foreword by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds, MP, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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