ABSTRACT
The war and Great Britain’s precarious position had therefore given rise to the development of a unique system of ‘democratic dictatorship’. All in all political and social leaders agreed in the belief that this should take place by means of increased State interventionism in the postwar period. The British people were clearly convinced that Labour would be more capable of sucessfully carrying out such a programme. Since then, sugar had hardly ever been the target of polemics and was still closely controlled by the Ministry of Food. However, this control was destined to come to an end some day, especially since the Sugar Industry Reorganization Act of 1936 was scheduled to expire at the end of 1950. The collaboration of Aims of Industry was ensured from the very start and it brought the directors of Tate and Lyle the assistance of public relations specialists.
