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Há 4 dias · Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE (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.
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9 de mai. de 2024 · In 1963 one Conservative prime minister, Harold Macmillan, tried and failed to join the European Economic Community; 10 years later, another, Edward Heath, succeeded in joining; and in 1986...
Há 1 dia · In the wake of the 1973 oil shock, faced with a second miners’ strike inside two years, Edward Heath came under enormous pressure from his party to call a snap election for 7th February, to secure a mandate to confront the strikers. Heath hesitated, finally calling the election for a few weeks later than advised—and, very narrowly, lost.
Há 4 dias · Conservative Party, U.K. political party whose guiding principles include promoting private property and enterprise, the maintenance of a strong military, and the preservation of traditional cultural values.
Há 2 dias · Edward Heath led the UK into the European Communities in 1973. The Conservatives won a total of 330 seats (out of a total of 630) on 46.6% of the national vote share, gaining 77 seats, which gave them an unexpected overall majority of about 30 seats.
Há 19 horas · This was, however a Conservative party, still led by Edward Heath, that continued to offer a strongly One Nation flavour of politics. Perhaps also acknowledging the political weakness of the party, the party’s October 1974 promises, if given a majority, to “use that majority above all to unite the nation” not to “govern in a narrow partisan spirit.”
16 de mai. de 2024 · Margaret Thatcher was an outsider when she challenged Edward Heath for leadership of the Conservative Party. It was considered unlikely that she would get the number of votes required to force...
