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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
Party scored some own goals, while the Labour Party
captured the mood of the nation. 
(4)
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It was, then, 
(1)
the widespread wish for a new
beginning and a rejection of the policies of the 1930s
that helped to win the Labour Party such an
overwhelming victory in the 1945 election. The
wartime experience of millions of ordinary people in
the armed forces had reinforced their
determination not to return to the kind of society
they had endured pre-war. Additionally, the
civilian population had suffered family dislocation
and loss, blackouts, air raids, rationing, restriction
of movement, and many other problems and the
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majority of the voters wanted relief from those
hardships in the post-war British society. The Labour