april march originally known later british politician member parliament years general elections cabinet minister labour governments 1960s 1970s originally moderate identified party hard left early 1980s widely seen key proponent democratic socialism party inherited father death 2nd prevented continuing fought remain house_of_commons campaigned ability renounce title campaign succeeded act served oversaw opening later minister technology served chairman labour_party opposition labour government returned cabinet initially secretary secretary retaining post replaced wilson prime minister labour_party opposition 1980s emerged prominent figure left wing term came currency associated radical left wing politics described politicians left wing holding ministerial office leaving parliament president death early life family born london april father liberal member parliament crossed floor labour_party appointed secretary state india position held elevated house_of_lords title new wartime coalition government short working labour peers upper house secretary state air majority mother née holmes theologian feminist founder president member predecessor archbishop_of_canterbury advocating women mother theology profound influence taught stories bible based struggle kings ought life support kings power taught asserted teachings jesus christ radical political importance life distinction historical jesus carpenter advocated social justice way presented religious authorities bishops present jesus justification power believing gross misunderstanding role jesus believed great mistake assume teachings christianity outdated modern britain wrote inheritance socialist political commitment owes teaching jesus writing later life emphasised issues morality ethical principles thought understand world lived understood history church said political freedoms won religious freedom arguments control media today big arguments arguments fought religious wars satellites coming multinational church pulled britain prepared ronald_reagan organisation talked new world information order people speaking help according new statesman decided doctrine organised religion teachings jesus older intrigued christianity socialism wrote guardian chancellor described keen christian wrote christian believed jesus prophet christ king specifically rejecting label liberal mps paternal grandfather successful politician tower later devonport created founded publishing company maternal grandfather contact leading politicians day dates earliest years met described old gentleman offered chocolate looked labour leaders funny way met later recalled boy shook hands father secretary state india second world war joined trained age later recalling speech use bayonet rifle revolver seen german officer having meal tossed grenade window freedom fighter terrorist july enlisted royal_air_force 2nd class father elder brother michael later killed accident serving raf granted emergency commission pilot officer probation march pilot officer served pilot south_africa relinquished commission effect august months ended days war japan ended september studied oxford read philosophy politics economics elected president later life removed public references private education references removed edition entry stated education progress edition details omitted save jobs member parliament government minister address publishers confirmed sent draft entry struck edition entry disappeared entirely returned listed references education service record removed said diaries today idea resign honorary order strip world offer acknowledged ridiculed said honourable stuff impossible bristol long time october announced wished known book speeches credited despite change social historian writes agenda pursue original newspapers continued refer case years come older decades later met born october cincinnati ohio united_states tea oxford days later proposed park bench city later bought bench installed garden home tony caroline children stephen feminist writer grandchildren died cancer november aged career children active labour_party politics son stephen elected member second son councillor london stood parliament labour secretary state secretary state environment food rural affairs serving shadow foreign secretary makes generation family member cabinet rare distinction modern political family britain granddaughter labour_party youngest candidate failed win east cousin removed actress vegetarian ethical reasons remained rest life member parliament following second world war worked briefly producer november selected succeed labour candidate stood ill health won seat election november helped seat nearby time taking oath december baby house youngest day succeeded years younger took oath day later baby elected 1950s held middle road soft left views associated young left wing group helped organise colour bar employing black british british asian drivers said stay buses find bike labour leader told anti rally london glad supporting boycott campaign adding wish success reform father created winston_churchill increased number labour peers aid political work house_of_lords time elder brother michael intending enter objections michael later killed accident active service second world war left heir unsuccessful attempts renounce succession november lord died automatically peer preventing sitting house_of_commons speaker sir allow deliver speech bar house_of_commons april election called continuing maintain right abandon fought retain seat election caused succession disqualified taking seat elected election court found voters fully aware disqualified declared seat won conservative runner time heir continued campaign outside parliament years time members similar situation going receive title applied summons changed law act allowing lifetime law shortly july peer renounce title day fulfilling promise time election accepted office house outright resignation possible returned winning election august government government general oversaw opening tallest building creations post bus service proposed issuing stamps sovereign head met private opposition queen instead portrait reduced small profile silhouette format commemorative led government opposition pirate radio stations broadcasting international waters aware unpopular measure stations causing problems interference emergency radio shipping responsible introducing came parliament end july reading earlier month promoted minister technology included responsibility development formation period saw government involvement industrial merger car companies form british following conservative rivers blood speech meeting opposition insistence stirring issue said general election campaign flag hoisted beginning look like years ago speak propaganda forces hatred mark success offensive emerged real leader far stronger character heath speaks mind heath final proof power heath dare attack publicly says things things disgust decent conservatives mainstream press attacked language deemed language rivers blood speech widely regarded racist noted diary letters began pouring speech sympathetic ones saying speech later speech accusing losing labour seats general election labour lost election conservatives heath application join surge left wing emerged membership campaigned favour referendum membership shadow cabinet voted support referendum march result resigned deputy leader labour_party government labour government secretary increased industry pay provided better terms conditions workers involved setting worker firms struggling best known outside producing appointed secretary immediately following unsuccessful campaign vote referendum continued membership later diary october wrote claimed bureaucratic course dominated germany common market countries occupied germany mixed feeling hatred germans death described greatest greatest figures twentieth century transformed china released civil war foreign attack constructed new society diaries adding certainly towers twentieth century figure think philosophical contribution military genius trip chinese embassy death recorded earlier volume diaries great admirer admitting mistakes everybody resigned leader labour_party prime minister march later attributed collapse wilson government cuts enforced global capital particular resulting leadership contest came fourth cabinet ministers stood withdrew colleagues voted ballot withdrew second ballot supported eventually won despite receiving support second rounds vote kept energy secretary sterling crisis chancellor sought loan wish counter international market forces larger welfare state publicly circulated divided cabinet minutes narrow majority supported cut unemployment benefits order obtain loan american highlighted minutes resulted split labour_party allies formed conservatives liberals allowed forward consisted self sufficient economy dependent low rate fresh borrowing according opponents led siege economy rejected cabinet response later recalled policy siege economy inside castle supporters left outside policy supporters castle outside blamed cuts socialist policies left end 1970s migrated left wing labour_party attributed political shift experience cabinet minister labour government ascribed left lessons policies decisions popularly elected governments nature labour_party allowed leader run party personal kingdom power way use form economic pressure blackmail labour government power media like power medieval church ensures events day presented point view enjoy economic privilege regards power remarked compared pressure brought bear industrial disputes unions power revealed clearly secured cuts public expenditure lessons led conclusion governed mps voters elect parliamentary democracy truth little means securing periodical change management team allowed system remains essence intact british people ask power truly enjoyed political system amazed discover little new born quickly gather momentum philosophy consisted form state planning necessary ensure national greater democracy structures labour_party decisions alongside alleged labour mps spent years affiliated beginning visited arguing labour movement intensify discussion industrial democracy press opponents implied stated led labour government implement type eastern european socialism referring referring despite overwhelmingly popular labour activists survey delegates found large margins supported leadership policies publicly supported unification ireland suggested leaders abandon long standing policy taking seats westminster turn argued recognise britain claim northern_ireland constitution prevented elected members taking seats british created institution supporter political opposed scottish independence saying think nationalism mistake half scots feel divide half knife thought mother suddenly upset opposition speech shortly resignation party leader election successor outlined envisaged labour government days labour government gain powers industries control capital implement industrial democracy weeks powers brussels returned westminster house_of_lords abolished creating thousand new peers received tumultuous applause january known collectively gang launched march gang left labour_party perceived influence militant tendency hard left party highly critical saying britain governments past years stood party incumbent deputy leader triggering deputy leadership election appeal stand leadership party divisions defended decision insisting personalities policies retained position margin barely decision soft left mps including triggered split left argentina invaded april argued dispute settled united_nations send task force recapture islands task force sent following war british control mid june debate recaptured demand analysis costs life equipment money tragic unnecessary war rejected stated enjoy freedom speech excellent use people prepared fight election constituency abolished boundary changes lost selection candidate stand new seat rejecting offers new seat scotland contested losing conservative june election elected labour seat fall vacant left head day election march sun newspaper ran hostile feature article couch purported opinions american psychiatrist period defeat bristol stepped general election saw return labour mps succeeded october year newly elected mining seat supporter miners strike beginning returned long standing friend leader miners considered industry reforms caused problems strike firstly led huge wage differences distrust miners different regions secondly controversy miners reforms unclear ballot needed strike deemed regional matter way reforms spoke militant tendency rally held saying labour movement engaged battle individual cabinet ministers seek win public support arguing crisis ended election new humane team ministers better qualified administer capitalism working majority labour government elected socialist programme decided conference guest appearance considered reason member labour shadow cabinet june months miners admitted defeat ended strike introduced miners amnesty general pardon bill extended amnesty miners imprisoned strike included men convicted murder later reduced killing taxi driver driving non striking work strike stood election party leader following labour successive defeat general election losing substantial margin received vote extended appearance channel_4 late night discussion programme dark alongside lord gulf war visited baghdad order try persuade release hostages captured supported lgbt social movements known gay liberation voted favour talking section local government act piece anti gay legislation preventing promotion homosexuality said sense word promote read describe murder play promotes murder war play promotes war drama involving eternal triangle promotes adultery campaign promotes house better careful gives judges come narrow section society power interpret promote later voted repeal section term voted favour age consent proposed bill said houses hours easy reverse policies replace personalities process begun rotten values propagated platform political power britain past years infection strain right wing capitalist thinking time overcome labour opposition general election june proposed bill monarchy favour united_kingdom democratic federal secular commonwealth republic written constitution read parliament number times retirement election achieved second reading presented account proposal common sense new constitution britain received pipe year award claiming acceptance speech pipe smoking stopped going war reiterated opposition highlighted alleged democratic deficit institution saying people genuinely believe shall social justice shall believe good king better bad parliament taken view argument right wing wing writes guardian rule monarch worthless king change prior retirement labour_party won election despite later calling labour idea conservative group taken labour saying blair set new political party new labour political diaries free initially somewhat sympathetic blair welcoming change government supported introduction national minimum wage welcomed progress peace security northern_ireland particularly supportive extra public money given public services new labour years believed guise overall concluding judgement highly critical describes evolution way retaining office abandoning socialism party trade union movement adopting style politics concept collective ministerial responsibility reducing power cabinet eliminated effective influence annual conference labour_party foreign policy support worst presidents history strongly objected immoral bombing iraq december saying aren arabs terrified aren terrified don arab iraqi women children die bombing strengthen determination member parliament tonight votes government motion consciously deliberately accepting responsibility deaths innocent people war begins fear months prior retirement letter alongside legal professionals published guardian newspaper february condemning raids central london area time police spokesman said far know biggest simultaneous crackdown prostitution country recent times arrest people operation involved police officers letter read protecting women trafficking women including woman iraq arrested detained cases removed britain women deserve protection resources punishment expulsion having forced women government trying use prostitution way vulnerable acceptable allow injustice retirement final years stand general election saying leaving parliament order spend time politics permitted speaker continue members facilities shortly retirement president leading figure british opposition war afghanistan iraq war february travelled baghdad meet interview shown british television spoke war february protest london organised police saying biggest demonstration organisers estimating nearly million people participating february elected president toured man stage appeared times year man folk singer bailey voted best live act folk awards opened left field stage festival continued speak subsequent festival attending speeches described rite passage october guest scheduled flight new_york london june special edition bbc edited entirely school age film crew selected bbc competition june presented programme democracy channel series big ideas changed world presented left wing view democracy means pass power ballot argued traditional social democratic values threat increasingly world powerful institutions lives affect daily september ill brighton taken ambulance treated brighton centre reportedly fell struck head kept hospital observation described comfortable condition subsequently fitted artificial help regulate list compiled magazine new statesman voted twelfth list heroes time september joined time demonstration manchester day start final aim labour government withdraw troops iraq refrain attacking iran reject replacing missile submarines new system spoke rally appeared extended segment film giving comments democracy social responsibility health care notably find money kill people find money help people poll programme january selected political hero vote beating labour_party leadership election backed left wing unsuccessful bid september called government hold referendum reform treaty october age appeared general election held reportedly announced wanted stand having written local constituency labour_party offering prospective candidate seat held conservative election constituency subsequently abolished early appeared scottish singer songwriter album water reading poem composed september appeared dvd release doctor story discussing second labour politician appear doctor dvd praised book plan write historically left sought disperse power people cause cause religious secret ballot universal education adding days radical cause different targets altered character composition citizen far likely impacted decisions bishops nice local education authority employees similar agencies today crown office holders earlier generations exceptions special place honour stands contemporary british interest power mean challenging public sector cameron said alongside nineteen eighty arguments democracy powerful book makes important point vest power people elected rid invited join elders advocacy group comprising stop war conference described wars iraq afghanistan war discussed killing american allied troops iraqi foreign insurgents questioning fact freedom fighters comparing insurgents british dad army saying invaded right self defence idea people iraq afghanistan resisting invasion militant muslim complete bloody lie joined dad army sixteen germans arrived tell use bayonet rifle revolver seen german officer having meal tossed grenade window freedom fighter terrorist interview published september critical government decision delay findings iraq war inquiry general election stating people account inquiry reported deliberately pushed election government responsible explaining don think told truth stated local government liberated new labour admitted hospital evening scheduled place london hall cancelled performed writing wall kent september arts venue revelation mary season july awarded honorary doctorate wales headed coalition resistance group opposed programme interviews amy democracy claimed actions aftermath iraq war prime minister tried war crimes claimed blair lost trust nation war iraq november reported moved home holland park avenue london smaller flat nearby benefited warden awarded honorary degree honorary president successfully campaigned comments dismissing rape allegations february gave support letter published guardian newspaper gave speech held westminster central hall june reiterated previous opposition european integration speaking alleged debate said took view having fought europeans second world war work operate thought saw european_union developing obvious mind democratic way europe developed multinational corporations got powerful positions come terms tell unacceptable view european_union hostile foreigners favour democracy think building empire want empire don want illness death diagnosed chronic given years live time kept news immediate family said parliament describe medical condition people immediately start wondering majority election brutal revealed release diaries suffered stroke spent following year hospital reported seriously ill hospital february died home surrounded family march age funeral took place march body rest palace westminster night funeral service service ended singing red flag body cremated ashes expected buried alongside wife family home near essex figures political spectrum praised following death leaders major political parties conservatives labour liberal democrats united_kingdom paid tributes death conservative leader prime minister said extraordinary man great writer brilliant speaker extraordinary parliament great life public political parliamentary service mean disagreed said engaging interesting bored reading listening country great great writer sure words followed years come deputy prime minister called astonishing iconic figure veteran great writer great warmth great conviction political life looked affection admiration leader opposition labour leader knew personally family friend said think remembered champion powerless conviction politician somebody deep principle integrity thing knew stood stood think admired right political spectrum people agreed disagreed including party think people admired sense conviction integrity diaries biographies prolific volumes diaries published final volume published collections speeches writings published arguments socialism arguments democracy edited fighting common sense free radical new century essays august london created album speeches isbn set ambient groove public episodes audio diaries time parliament retirement entitled tapes broadcast originally short series 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