Where Did It All Go Right?

Prof Philip Cowley presents a series examining initially controversial political policies which were later judged by most people to have been a success

Where Did It All Go Right? - Compulsory Seat Belts

The heated debate 30 years ago over legislation to make it compulsory to wear seat belts, why the idea was thought controversial and how it eventually came to be so widely accepted.

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Where Did It All Go Right? - Inward Investment into the Japanese Car Industry

The Conservative government's wooing of Japanese car makers to invest in Britain in the early 1980s, which was opposed at the time but made a valuable contribution to our economy.

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Where Did It All Go Right? - The National Minimum Wage

The National Minimum Wage was ultimately supported by its former critics in business and politics. Prof Philip Cowley looks back at the early debates and examines its impact.

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