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To what extent did Wilson's achievements as Prime minister and leader of his party outweighs his failures between 1963 and 1976?  

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To what extent did Wilson's achievements as Prime minister and leader of his party outweighs his failures between 1963 and 1976? Wilson's achievements as Prime minister outweighs his failures as he was able to get Labour into power after a phenomenal thirteen years of Conservative rule. His main achievement as Labour leader was to get the party into power in 1964. He did this by making the party respectable and untied. This was achieved not only by his own hard work, but the failures of the Conservative government, such as not joining the E.E.C. and there being a continuous rise in unemployment. He also promised so much in his manifesto, such as the 'White Heat of Technology', which was to endorse money into scientific projects to hopefully increase Britain's potential competitiveness in trade on a worldwide scale. Although Wilson was unable to fulfil his promise of the 'White Heat of Technology'...

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