Word: heffers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Kinnock attributed his switch to the progress toward nuclear disarmament made by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. "We would be complete fools" to ignore that fact, he said. Conservative Defense Minister George Younger ridiculed Kinnock's new policy as "totally inadequate." Labor M.P. Eric Heffer, a veteran left-winger, charged Kinnock with "backsliding" and moaned that "my worst fears are coming to fruition...
...tendered his resignation after presiding over Labor's worst defeat in 65 years, when Britons in June re-elected the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Kinnock's bandwagon rolled over three party heavyweights: the center-right's Roy Hattersley, 50, Leftist Veteran Eric Heffer, 61, and Peter Shore, 59, a moderate spokesman on economic affairs. The battle for the deputy leader's post proved much sharper. With Kinnock's tacit support, Hattersley defeated Leftist Michael Meacher, 43, thereby establishing what party faithful called "the dream ticket," a combination that seemed to bridge...
...Thatcher's strongest electoral assets, the memory of her conduct of the Falklands war, by accusing her of "exploiting the deaths of young men who died in the Falklands," he drew thunderous applause. "Get her out, Michael!" shouted a young worker in Blackburn. Predicted Labor M.P. Eric Heffer: "This is going to be a dirty election...
...party's leadership is already dominated by moderate leftists who hesitate to discipline troublemakers. The 30-member national executive committee, for example, is controlled by its 19 leftist members, including Heffer and Benn. Four of the twelve major unions in the party vote consistently with the left. Of Labor's 635 constituency parties, the militants already control some 100 and carry weight in another...
Despite the protests, the young activist won the job by a 15-to-12 vote of the Labor Party national executive committee. Backing him were three mainstays of the party's radical wing: Tony Benn, Eric Heffer, and Labor M.P. Frank Allaun, a pacifist often suspected of pro-Moscow views. Bevan thus became chief Marxist proselytizer among the nation's youth. Says he: "I'm trying to convince young people to fight for real socialist policies where it counts. We have to transform the Labor Party...