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Reading around the 1945-56 period, it is rather striking, and remarkable in its absence from usual commentary, how the British people expected a change in British society exiting the war. That they didn't spend six years of hardship to go back to the social and economic 1/
conditions of the 1930s. In effect, Attlee's government mandate for large social changes and investments in welfare were a reflection of "this is what we fought for".
As David Greenwood noted, just in geopolitics, socially and economically there was no "putting back the clock"2/
As David Greenwood noted, just in geopolitics, socially and economically there was no "putting back the clock"2/
Which then leads us to COVID-19. The hardship and death toll is still not on par with the war, despite the war being a regular rhetorical tool reached for by politician and commentator alike. Indeed, we're hardly spending 55% of the budget on the NHS! Though perhaps lockdown's 3/
effects are of similar economic consequence. I'm no modern sociologist, but I wonder to what extent COVID-19 will elicit similar feelings from the British public post-COVID19? Will the clock ever be able to be turned back to the pre-2019/20 period for British society? End/
