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The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961.
Stephen Thomas Ward (19 October 1912 – 3 August 1963) was an English osteopath and artist who was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British political scandal which brought about the resignation of John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and contributed to the defeat of the Conservative government a year later.
Issues in political scandals have included alleged or proven financial and sexual matters, [1] or various other allegations or actions taken by politicians that led to controversy. [2] [3] [4] In British media and political discourse, such scandals have sometimes been referred to as political sleaze since the 1990s. [4]
The Bristol Bus Boycott of 1963 arose from the refusal of the Bristol Omnibus Company to employ Black or Asian bus crews in the city of Bristol, England.In line with many other British cities at the time, there was widespread racial discrimination in housing and employment against so-called "Coloureds".
Long before Britney Spears or Pamela Anderson, there was Margaret Whigham, the 1930s British socialite more famously known as the Duchess of Argyll. The only child in a wealthy Scottish family ...
John Bercow, English Conservative politician, MP for Buckingham and Speaker of the House of Commons [43] Caron Wheeler, British singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul) 22 January – Huw Irranca-Davies, Welsh Labour politician and MP for Ogmore; 26 January Jazzie B, DJ and music producer (Soul II Soul) Andrew Ridgeley, English musician [44]
A British political scandal commonly refers to some action by a politician deemed unacceptable in law or by custom, or which is held to be morally unacceptable to the politician's peers or the electorate. However it may also refer to unacceptable actions by anyone (for example a civil servant, someone in business, or a member of the public ...
10 January 1957 – 13 October 1963 Sir Alec Douglas-Home: 18 October 1963 – 16 October 1964: Until 23 October 1963, when he renounced his hereditary peerage, he was The Earl of Home and was known as Lord Home First Secretary of State: R. A. Butler: 13 July 1962: Office wound up 18 October 1963 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: The ...