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The Grocer's Daughter, [71] a double meaning in that she was literally the daughter of a grocer, but also the successor to Edward Heath, "The Grocer". The Iron Lady [72] (See Margaret Thatcher § "The 'Iron Lady' Sounds the Alarm".) Madame Frit, derived from her use of the dialect word frit in the House. [73] Maggie [74] Maggie the Great [75]
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath also served for 51 years as a Member of Parliament from 1950 to 2001.
Edward Heath, leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister had called and unexpectedly lost the February 1974 general election.Although the Labour Party were able only to form a minority government, the following October 1974 general election saw them obtain a three-seat majority, and it was widely expected that Heath (who had led the party for the previous decade but lost three of the ...
Edward Heath of the Conservative Party formed the Heath ministry and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 19 June 1970, following the 18 June general election. Heath's ministry ended after the February 1974 general election , which produced a hung parliament , leading to the formation of a minority ...
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Heath in 1969. The term 'Selsdon Man' was coined by Labour Party Prime Minister Harold Wilson to describe the free-market economic policy of his principal rival, Conservative leader Edward Heath. [1] The term 'Selsdon Man' was intended as a derogatory reference to the historic 'Piltdown Man', [2] the supposed remains of an early human
Edward Heath, then a government whip whom he had met at the Oxford Union, was his referee when he applied for the Conservative Party Parliamentary Candidates' List in October 1956. [34] Heseltine bought his first Jaguar , second hand and cheap because of the rise in the price of petrol owing to the Suez Crisis , for £1,750 in December 1956 ...
Edward Heath (1916–2005) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974. Edward or Ted Heath may also refer to: Edward Bayard Heath (1888–1931), American aircraft engineer; Edward Heath (New Orleans) (1819–1892), mayor of New Orleans from 1867 to 1868; Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902–1969), British musician and big band ...