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  2. Profumo affair - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Vassall Tribunal - Wikipedia

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    The Vassall Tribunal was a public inquiry undertaken in 1963 by the British government in the wake of the John Vassall affair. Vassall, a civil servant working in the Admiralty, had been revealed the previous year to be a Soviet spy, and considerable criticism had been levelled at the security arrangements that were in place.

  4. List of political scandals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Category:Political scandals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. 1963 in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    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]

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  8. Stephen Ward - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. 1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK) - Wikipedia

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    Three candidates were nominated. Deputy Leader since 1960, George Brown (born 1914), was the MP for the Derbyshire constituency of Belper from 1945. Brown was popular in the party and stood for the continuation of Gaitskell's policies, but his colleagues were well aware of his propensity to drink excessive amounts of alcohol and behave in an erratic manner – to the extent that fellow right ...

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