ABSTRACT
In the face of signs of increasing sexual activity and an explosion in youth crime after 1957, the nation including the Conservative Party was starting to see the need for a liberalisation of British institutions to keep pace with a rapid transformation in youth and popular culture. Britain was on the verge of the sixties revolution. The ethnic composition of Britain changed dramatically between 1919 and 1963. From being an overwhelming white nation, divided by Christian denomination and class, Britain had, by the end of this period, become a society where race was to be a new point of division. Social class was a vital ingredient in individual identity. However, there were important changes to the way in which it was viewed, with significant attempts by the state to diminish class differences, and with a growing belief that a democratic society should imply an erosion of social inequality. However, increased working-class political militancy emphasised class division.
