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Há 3 dias · Douglas Hurd, famous for his Dalek-style voice and his hair shaped like a "Mr Whippy" ice cream. Hurd seems also the most competent and humane one in the cabinet, opposing the usage of torture and stopping the dumping of nuclear waste in Scotland.
7 de jul. de 2024 · In 2010, the complex interaction between Canning and Castlereagh was taken up by Douglas Hurd in a study of the foreign policy of successive British foreign secretaries; he saw the duel as the result of intense rivalry and ambition.
Há 4 dias · Douglas Hurd succeeded Leon Brittan as Home Secretary. early January 1986 – Malcolm Rifkind succeeded George Younger as Secretary of State for Scotland. Younger succeeded Michael Heseltine as Secretary of State for Defence.
Há 1 dia · Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with members of her cabinet including Geoffrey Howe, Kenneth Baker, John Major and Douglas Hurd in October 1989 (Image: Mirrorpix)
Há 2 dias · While there have always been prominent ministers, Conservative official Michael Fraser first referred to the “great beasts of the jungle” in the 1960s, and Douglas Hurd then adopted the expression. However, Jon Davis, director of the Strand Group, believes certain ministers could be identified as big beasts before the phrase existed.
9 de jul. de 2024 · Douglas-Home struggled to appear relevant and refused to discipline Peter Griffiths for not distancing his campaign in Smethwick from racially offensive language. BBC coverage was dominated by the ‘swing’ factor in marginal constituencies and the pendulum finally settled on a narrow Labour victory.
Há 4 dias · The new book examines the escalating tension between the broadcast media and the Thatcher government over various flashpoints in the Northern Irish conflict, including the 1981 hunger strike by IRA prisoners; a deadly IRA bombing attempt that Thatcher narrowly escaped; the killing of three Provisional IRA members in Gibraltar ...
