Manny Shinwell leaving Britain to freeze and close down. He became unpopular with the public and was sacked in October 1947. He then served as Secretary of State for War and then as Minister of Defence in 1950-51. The high defence spending which he demanded, partly to pay for Britain's involvement in the Korean War, was a major factor causing Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell to impose NHS charges, prompting the resignation of Aneurin Bevan from the Cabinet. After Labour's defeat in 1951, Shinwell continued to serve in the Shadow Cabinet in Opposition until he stepped down in 1955. Thereafter he
James Kidd (politician) James Kidd (politician) James Kidd (11 March 1872 – 2 March 1928) was a Unionist Party politician in Scotland. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 until his death. He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament MP for Linlithgowshire, standing as a Coalition Unionist (i.e. a supporter of David Lloyd George's Coalition Government). He was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate Manny Shinwell. Kidd stood again in 1923, without success, but defeated Shinwell at the 1924 general election and held the seat until