Word: spanner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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However badly drawn the Government's White Paper was, it was hardly fair to blame all the difficulties on the Tories. Labor did its considerable best to throw a spanner into the works. "This proposed policy cannot possibly last," declared Laborite Herbert Morrison. He warned would-be purchasers that they may not own their newly acquired trucks for long, and may not get as good a price if & when a Labor government buys the trucking business for a second time. Denationalizing, under such circumstances, was plainly like trying to unscramble an omelet...