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A global banking crisis took hold in the last half of the 2000s, the seriousness of which was at first either not fully recognised or deliberately underplayed. Blair was replaced as prime minister by Gordon Brown who lost the confidence of the British people. However, at the ensuing election a divided nation was evident and a coalition was formed with the Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, becoming prime minister and the Liberal Democratic party leader, Nick Clegg, becoming deputy prime minister. The austere budgetary demands of the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, set the pattern for contemporary Britain. Britain is now becoming divided on class lines to a greater extent than at any time in the past fifty years with underlying racial tensions continuing to develop.
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Taking stock in 1961
Using a modified framework to that used in the previous two chapters to analyse the 1861 and 1911 censuses, I consider those who are very likely to be using the name of Soothill in England and Wales in 1961 and, thus, likely to be included in the real 1961 census which will be revealed in a hundred years’ time. As stated earlier, the lists will be identified in terms of families. The following list shows both those who will definitely be in the 1961 census and those for whom there is some doubt. The latter are mainly women, especially those who have married into the Soothill tribe.
Table 2.1: Those named ‘Soothill’ in the 1961 putative census for England and Wales
Name
Sex
Age
Relationship
Grouping
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