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
Sydney Smith (British politician) Sydney Smith (British politician) Sydney Herbert Smith (27 April 1885 – 12 June 1984) was a Labour Party politician in England. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull South West in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election. He did not stand again. Sydney Smith came from a family of tailors that moved from Birmingham, to Ipswich, and finally to London where he was born in 1885. There was always some politics in his life, though not initially of the