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 degradehumiliatelaw share on social
You see, another reason for nationalization was that private ownership meant fragmentation. Barbara Castle fragmentationmeannationalization Change image and share on social
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 comedevelopfall share on social
Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property. Barbara Castle breakconceptpool Change image and share on social
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 accomplishbreakcontrol Change image and share on social
And that will increasingly dawn on people. The demand for controlling the commanding heights will grow. Barbara Castle commandcontroldawn Change image and share on social
Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion. Barbara Castle 1970sbritaineconomic Change image and share on social
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. Barbara Castle affectlotpeople Change image and share on social
And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale. Barbara Castle churchillmoralepeople Change image and share on social
If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s. Barbara Castle 1930sbadeconomy Change image and share on social
