In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the new Labour government nationalised Britain’s utilities, rail but most importantly its vast coal industry, creating more state employees of a national industry than anywhere else in the industrialised world. The decision to own the once mighty coal industry was part based in Labour’s founding traditions but also in a shift towards economic and industrial nationalism that was emerging across the post war world. Explaining History helps you u
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