- Attlee's legacy - Labour's welfare policies were too successful eradicate so many Conservatives changed their minds and were less hostile towards the welfare state.
- Popularity of the NHS - Conservatives would commit social suicide if they revoked the NHS.
- Feeling of national unity after the war - wartime coalition ministers from all the major parties were more willing to cooperate with each other.
- "Big government" - many Conservatives were now convinced of the government intervention in social and economic policies. As a result, they were more in tune with public opinion and so accepted Labour's welfare policies, Nationalisation and Keynesian economics.
- Wanted to maintain full employment - Conservatives wanted to avoid being seen once again as the "party of mass unemployment", a key issue that led to their loss in the General Election in 1945.
- The Conservatives recognised the importance of the trade unions who had become very powerful and influential after Labour had nationalised key industries like the coal and railways.
- Conservative leaders didn't feel that they were in a strong enough position to dismantle the Attlee legacy and even if they did, there was the fear that the electorate would swing in Labour's favour.
- Labour proved that they did not want all-out socialism and accepted capitalism. Conservatives in turn saw the positives in nationalisation.
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- The Conservatives were quick to denationalise the steel industry and road transport in 1951.
- Right wing Conservatives frequently challenged Labour's policies such as Nationalisation.
- Left wing Labour Politicians disagreed with the fact that Attlee decided to side with the US instead of the Soviet Union - they believed that it was a wasted opportunity for Britain which could have became a communist state like the Soviet Union.
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