Word: thurrock
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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Along with Zilliacus, the Labor executive committee expelled 43-year-old Barrister Leslie Judah Solley, member for Thurrock, Essex. Solley had publicly opposed British policy in Greece, voted against participation in the European Recovery Program. Fired from their jobs, though not from the party, were five of the cabinet's parliamentary private secretaries* who had voted against the government's bill to establish Britain's relationship with Ireland. Said one of the purged, ruefully: "If you vote against the government on a 'three line whip' [direct orders from party whips to vote] you are sticking...
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