This man compared sparring with Geoffrey Howe in the Commons to being 'savaged by a dead sheep', and he authorized deep (*) spending cuts in seeking a loan from the IMF to keep Britain solvent.
This man was characterised as "plain cheap" by Margaret Thatcher. As Secretary of State for Defence, he supervised the withdrawal from East of Suez, and he authorised the expulsion of the Chagossians from Diego Garcia to make way for a US airbase. This man described the Labour left of the 1980s as being 'out of their tiny Chinese minds'.  Neil Kinnock is said to have punched a man out in a public toilet in Brighton in the aftermath of this man's defeat of (**) Tony Benn to become Deputy Leader. This man compared sparring with Geoffrey Howe in the Commons to being 'savaged by a dead sheep', and he authorized deep (*) spending cuts in seeking a loan from the IMF to keep Britain solvent. Name this British politician who, for 10 points, was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Wilson and Callaghan.
This man was characterised as "plain cheap" by Margaret Thatcher.
Denis Healey