Best Labour leader for 1951 election

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Say there had been a leadership election to get rid of Clement Attlee before the 1951 general election. Who would have been the best replacement for the issues that would later arise? I'm thinking Herbert Morrison but I'd like to know what other people think of this, and if there's someone in the party who would have been better during the 50s (and, if they did well enough, 60s).
 
Someone remarked of Herbert Morrison that "he's his own worst enemy", to which Ernest Bevin replied "not while I'm around.
 
Don't hold it!
That's the best strategy

And seriously it was Attlee's attempt to get a better majority so he owns it.

I don't know how hard it would have been for Labour to have ditched a leader post-1950 GE, after all Attlee did win it, and what would a challenger fight on? Morrison, Gaitskell etc own the same agenda as Attlee and own likewise the 1950 result.
 
Don't hold it!
That's the best strategy

And seriously it was Attlee's attempt to get a better majority so he owns it.

I don't know how hard it would have been for Labour to have ditched a leader post-1950 GE, after all Attlee did win it, and what would a challenger fight on? Morrison, Gaitskell etc own the same agenda as Attlee and own likewise the 1950 result.

Quite agree. The 1951 election was only held because the concern was the government might collapse while the King was overseas, a pretty dubious reason for an election even at the time. Really, the only reason Atlee might shift is if he gets couped, which is unlikely. Of course, if the government can survive 1951, then it probably gets into 1953 on the grounds no one really wants to call a general election in the aftermath of the King's death. Atlee might hand over to someone else then, especially as Churchill would probably retire in 1953-4 on the grounds of ill health - plus the fact the younger generation of Conservative MP's are well aware that the old wartime PM is probably a electoral liability and would like rid of him, and would if not for the whole "War Hero thing"
 
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