Talk:Aneurin Bevan
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I don't understand the reference to "David" Bevan. Is it an error, or was that his dad's name?
The article claims Bevan quoted a comment made by Marx in 1885. If somebody would like to explain how a corpse can stress the benefits of war, now would be the time to do so.
Do we have a picture? - If you are interested, there is a Statue of him by cardiff castle, if you think that will do ill try and nab a photo of it next time im about with my camera
David Bevan was his Dad's name.
[edit] Bevan and Mosley
As I recall, Mosley attempted to form an independent political group in the aftermath of his resignation. It is true that Bevan was associated with that, but this group failed. When Mosley started to be influenced by Mussolini, Bevan clearly smelled a rat, and severed all contacts with him. Bevan was never a fascist. I will do some digging in Foot's biography. When I get a citation, I will change the entry.
--Train guard 17:54, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Whoever changed the Mosley bit did a very poor job. Bevan never joined the New Party, nor did he consider it. This whole article is pretty poor. I've just finished a dissertation on Bevan and will change this article fully in the Summer when my exams are over. In the meantime I'd advise anyone researching Bevan to double check any "fact" they find on wikipedia.
[edit] In Place of Fear
Just to note that In Place of Fear is a book and not a collection of essays. Bevan frequently refers to it as a book, to other "chapters" and so forth. Andysoh 09:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re: reference on taxation
"^ Bevan argues that the percentage of tax from personal incomes rose from 9% in 1938 to 15% in 1949. But the lowest paid paid a tax rate of 1%, up from 0.2% in 1938, the middle income brackets paid between 14 - 26%, up from 10-18% in 1938, the highly paid 42%, up from 29%, and the top earners 77%, up from 58% in 1938. In Place of Fear, p146. If you earned over £800,000 per annum in 2005 money terms, (£10,000 in 1948) you paid 76.7% income tax."
Wow. And people complain about the possibility of a 50% top rate now, when it was actually higher than that even before WWII. WikiReaderer 12:28, 10 August 2007 (UTC)