Reddit reviews When The Lights Went Out: What Really Happened to Britain in the Seventies
We found 3 Reddit comments about When The Lights Went Out: What Really Happened to Britain in the Seventies. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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I only vaguely remember 3 day weeks and electricity blackouts so I read this book.
35 years of people telling us that the 70s were an entire decade of horribleness, entirely due to the socialist policies of the Labour Party. There is some truth to this (most big lies contain some truth) but there is a lot more to it and you need some context to really understand what went on in the 70s. I liked this book.
But quickly, Callaghan wasn't really a socialist, the unions weren't on strike for the entire decade, the dead not being buried was not a widespread occurrence, there weren't power cuts every week, except the ones the tory govt imposed in 73/74.
It was a shitty time economically, there were too many strikes and Callaghan was not a great PM but do me a favour and do some reading beyond comments online.
If you want to know about political history, how it affected/effected normal people and how we got to where we are then there are loads of books.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Heat-History-Swinging-1964-1970/dp/0349118205/ref=pd_bxgy_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ZR96JDQZ8FWFYDHFA6YV
This is the beginning of a series of books about British society from 1964 up to 1979 and how society was changed by the politics of the time. It's great for explaining lots of things about where we are now and how we got here. Many of the problems and issues we face now were seen in their early stages here.
There's other books like:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Lights-Went-Out-Seventies/dp/0571221378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494748230&sr=8-1&keywords=when+the+lights+went+out+book
which also looks at how politics impacted society and created many of the problems and benefits of modern society.
You can even go further back with books like:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unfinished-Empire-Global-Expansion-Britain/dp/1846140897/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494748507&sr=8-1&keywords=unfinished+empire
which is a general introduction to the empire and how it continues to connect to us now.
These sorts of books won't exactly teach you about political parties and where they stand, but they can help you to understand these issues that continue to be the most important.