Word: smethwick
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...confrontation between the two parties has had its nastier moments, reminiscent of the American dilemma in both tone and substance. In 1964 the Conservative candidate for Parliament in Smethwick, an ugly industrial town with a growing colored population, ran his campaign against Laborite Gordon Walker on the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labor. "The Conservative...
...working-class suburb of Liverpool, by 20,940 votes. Of all the Labor victories, the happiest belonged to Patrick Gordon Walker, whom Wilson had appointed Foreign Secretary in his first Cabinet. But Gordon Walker lost in 1964 in a campaign marred by racism in the Midland town of Smethwick, then lost a "safe" by-election at Leyton last year and had to step down. This time Gordon Walker won Leyton handily, will probably be rewarded with a Cabinet post-perhaps as the minister to explore the possibilities of Britain's entry into the Common Market...
Owen attributed the defeat of former Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in his Smethwick constituency to prejudice and the effectiveness of the opposition's slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labour...
...Patrick Gordon Walker lost Leyton, not Smethwick, in a January by-election. The latter he lost in the general election in October. Both were "safe" Labor seats...
...point of coming to blows. In the House, Harold Wilson has been a smash success. He delights in appearing each Tuesday and Thursday to bat down hostile questions from the Opposition. He was eminently savage in his welcome of Peter Griffiths, the new Tory M.P. from Smethwick, who had beaten Gordon Walker in a campaign marked by the ugly slogan: "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labor." "A parliamentary leper!" cried Wilson, bringing thunderous Tory boos, repeated interruptions, and a torrent of national criticism...