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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.
Scandals implicating political figures or governments of the UK, often reported in the mass media, have long had repercussions for their popularity. 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.
John Dennis Profumo CBE (/ p r ə ˈ f juː m oʊ / prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal, which became known as the Profumo affair, led to his resignation from the Conservative government of ...
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 ...
According to George L. Bernstein, many British people felt that Powell "was the first British politician who was actually listening to them". [ 135 ] After The Sunday Times branded his speeches "racialist", Powell sued it for libel , but withdrew when he was required to provide the letters he had quoted from because he had promised anonymity ...
A child sexual abuse scandal that revealed how gangs of mostly Pakistani men had groomed, trafficked and raped young white girls more than a decade ago, has returned to the political agenda in ...
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 ...