Magnificent D7
In the late 1950s Britain had “never had it so good.” To a degree that was true – the scars left by the Second World War were healing; increased production saw export earnings and investment rise, and millions of Britons were now in work and earning more. Our standard of living was on the up and consumerism was starting to take hold – we wanted it, we felt we’d earned it and we could now afford it...
Well, some of us could. What Harold Macmillan actually told fellow Conservatives during that 1957 rally speech in Bedford was that “most of our people have never had it so good” and alongside his optimistic economic assessment came a stark warning about inflation and a plea for “...restraint and common sense – restraint in the demands we make and common sense on
