Which Labour Prime Minister won a landslide in 1945 and created the NHS?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Clement Attlee
- Step 1: The Labour Party, led by Attlee, won a landslide victory in the 1945 general election, on their post-war recovery platform. and "Attlee's Health Minister, Aneurin Bevan, fought hard against the general disapproval of the medical establishment, including the British Medical Association, by creating the National Health Service in 1948." Answer: Clement Attlee. Clement Attlee led Labour to the 1945 landslide and the NHS followed in 1948. Why not the others: Harold Wilson, Tony Blair and Ramsay MacDonald don't fit.
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