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| Author: | Chad [ 17 Jul 05, 23:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Edward Heath has died. |
It was on the 10 c'clock news that he's died. |
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| Author: | JimD [ 17 Jul 05, 23:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Sir Edward Heath dies |
Sunday July 17, 10:04 PM ITN Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath has died, aged 89. A spokesman for Sir Edward confirmed the death of the Conservative Prime Minister who was elected to office in 1970. His death comes just a week after the ex-Tory leader was well enough to celebrate his 89th birthday with a party. In more than half a century in the House of Commons, Sir Edward's, often referred to as Ted, crowning achievement was to lead Britain into Europe. He is equally well known for his feud with Baroness Thatcher, who ousted him as party leader. Sir Edward secured British membership of the Common Market after becoming Prime Minister in 1970. His time in Downing Street was also marked by a confrontational approach to pay and the unions which resulted in numerous strikes. With the country on a three-day week and rubbish piling up in the streets the miners threatened to bring his government down. In 1974 Sir Edward called an election asking "who governs Britain?" and did not get the answer he had hoped for as Harold Wilson's Labour Party came back to power. The knives were out and a junior colleague Margaret Thatcher surprised everyone by trouncing him in the first round of a leadership contest the following year. Sir Edward had been party leader since 1964. He entered Parliament as an MP in February 1950 and only stood down at the 2001 election. His bitter-sweet Commons farewell speech included a characteristic attack on his party's Euroscepticism. He said: "It is only right we should share our sovereignty without European neighbours for the greater benefit of all". A bachelor, Sir Edward is famed for his love of music and sailing, in which he competed at international level. |
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| Author: | Chad [ 18 Jul 05, 13:23 ] |
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My cousin was PA to him for quite along time. |
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| Author: | Spawn of Blagman [ 25 Jul 05, 17:05 ] |
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I met the chap way back when we launched the Salisbury and district phonebook and we had a tethered ballon at Salisbury cathedral for the launch and he was on the guest list. i also came across him sailing back in the days he owned Morning Cloud (one of the many of that name he owned) 
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| Author: | JimD [ 25 Jul 05, 18:45 ] |
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I remember the 'Morning Cloud' well as I photographed it at Cowes and in the Solent under full sail. |
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| Author: | HappyDaiz [ 27 Jul 05, 12:44 ] |
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A very early childhood memory of mine is my sister asking me what I thought god looked like and I said ''Ted Heath'' and everyone laughed. The thing is that I still imagine god to look like him, should god exist. 
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| Author: | CameronBB4 [ 27 Jul 05, 13:09 ] |
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My granny had a Ted Heath mask for some reason - it used to scare me hahaha. |
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| Author: | HappyDaiz [ 27 Jul 05, 13:11 ] |
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 How random!
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| Author: | CameronBB4 [ 27 Jul 05, 13:24 ] |
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Welcome to my life HD! Hahaha. |
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| Author: | Spawn of Blagman [ 27 Jul 05, 19:56 ] |
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HappyDaiz wrote: A very early childhood memory of mine is my sister asking me what I thought god looked like and I said ''Ted Heath'' and everyone laughed.
The thing is that I still imagine god to look like him, should god exist. he was a lot shorter in real life when I saw him but it was strange walking across the cathedral close you couldnt miss that it was him,. he had that sort if pressense, so I can really understand why you would of said that |
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