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To begin, the following passage from Britain, the common wealth and the End of Empire by Dr John Darwin discusses the "staggering blow" Great Britain felt after granting independence to India.

It seems that the public reaction to the labour party's direction to providing a welfare state was not met with huge opposition. In fact the voters wanted an end to wartime austerity

The Labour party, after winning the 1945 elections began the process of dismantling the British Empire when it granted independence to India and Pakistan in 1947, followed by Burma (Myanmar) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the following year. These movements along with others parallel the Fabian Movement. The Fabian Society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the decolonisation of the British Empire, especially India.

To begin, the following passage from Britain, the Commonwealth and the End of Empire by Dr John Darwin discusses the "staggering blow" Great Britain felt after granting independence to India.

It seems that the public reaction to the Labour Party's direction to providing a welfare state was not met with huge opposition. In fact the voters wanted an end to wartime austerity

The Labour Party, after winning the 1945 elections began the process of dismantling the British Empire when it granted independence to India and Pakistan in 1947, followed by Burma (Myanmar) and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) the following year. 

These movements along with others parallel the Fabian Movement. The Fabian Society laid many of the foundations of the Labour Party and subsequently affected the policies of states emerging from the decolonisation of the British Empire, especially India.

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To begin, the following passage from Britain, the common wealth and the End of Empire by Dr John Darwin discusses the "staggering blow" Great Britain felt after granting independence to India.

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To begin, the following passage from Britain, the common wealth and the End of Empire by Dr John Darwin discusses the "staggering blow" Great Britain felt after granting independence to India.

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Average Unemployment Rates, Nine Countries, Six Major Periods, 1904-1950 CHART2 pg 458.

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Average Unemployment Rates, Nine Countries, Six Major Periods, 1904-1950 CHART2 pg 458.