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parties make an interesting contrast. The Tory Party
headed their manifesto ‘Mr Churchill’s Declaration
of Policy to Electors’, which made clear that they put
great faith in the vote-winning capacity of the
revered war leader. The manifesto stressed the need
to push towards final victory and the reconstruction
of Europe. It was less detailed about the kind of
Britain the Party wanted to construct in post-war
Britain. The Labour Party manifesto, by contrast,
was heavily skewed towards the Beveridge Report
and made very specific promises about establishing a
welfare state in which the citizen would be cared
for ‘from the cradle to the grave’. There were pledges
to nationalise key industries and utilities. A
National Health Service, free to all citizens, was at
the core of their plans. 
(3)
The general impression was
created that the Labour Party would be better able
to rebuild British society with greater fairness,
equality and opportunity. 
(4)
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In addition, 
(1)
leading Labour politicians because of
their prominent roles in the wartime coalition
government had become very well-known to, and
trusted by, the British electorate. 
(2)
Clement Attlee,
Ernest Bevin and Herbert Morrison, among others,
were now perceived as capable politicians to whom
the reins of government could now be safely
entrusted. By contrast, Churchill was now in his
seventies and seemed to many to belong to the past.
Furthermore, Churchill made a grave error by stating
that to implement the Labour Party programme
would mean the creation of a Gestapo-like society. As
the population had just been heavily involved in
defeating the Gestapo and the totalitarian forces that
had led Germany to defeat, this rebounded on
Churchill and he was roundly criticised for the
allusion. 
(3)
In the election campaign, then, the Tory