Word: heffer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would not frighten away crucial swing-voters that both Labor and the Tories need in order to win office. A tough and shrewd infighter, he made it plain at one point that the choice was between him and the left's proposals. Callaghan won, but not before Eric Heffer, a leading member of the left-wing Tribune Group, grumbled, "Jim, you're not God, you know. I'm not even sure you're a socialist...
...ungentlemanly swipe at Conservative Party Leader Margaret Thatcher: "If the opposition wants my head on a salver, the leader of the Conservative Party will have to be a lot more seductive Salome than she has been so far." Less dazzling repartee came from left-wing Labor M.P. Eric Heffer, who responded testily to a pro-Market interjection by shouting, "Aw, shut up! Sha-a-a dupp...