Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, CH, PC (3

January 1888 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician who held a
variety of senior positions in the Cabinet.
During the inter-war period, he was Minister of Transport during the 1929-
31 Labour Government, then, after losing his seat in Parliament in 1931,
became Leader of the London County Council in the 1930s. Returning to
the Commons in 1935, he was defeated by Clement Attlee in the Labour
leadership election that year, but later acted as Home Secretary in the
wartime coalition.
Morrison organised Labour's victorious 1945 election campaign, and was
appointed Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister in
Attlee's governments of 194551. Attlee, Morrison, Ernest Bevin, Stafford
Cripps and (initially) Hugh Dalton formed the "Big Five" who dominated
those governments. Morrison oversaw Labour's nationalisation programme,
although he opposed Aneurin Bevan's proposals for a nationalised hospital
service as part of the setting up of the National Health Service. Morrison
developed his social views from his work in local politics and always
emphasised the importance of public works to deal with unemployment. In
the final year of Attlee's premiership, Morrison had an unhappy term as
Foreign Secretary. He was hailed as "Lord Festival" for his successful
leadership of the Festival of Britain, a critical and popular success in 1951
that attracted millions of visitors to fun-filled educational exhibits and events
in London and across the country.