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Dec 5, 2013 · Nigel Lawson claimed recently that he caused Gaitskell’s death by raising his blood pressure, arguing in favour of Europe, but Nurse Brandreth thinks he had more serious medical problems.
HUGH GAITSKELL: AN ASSESSMENT 15 1 represent, and whose own upper-middle-class life style was in no way altered throughout his adult years. The recent biography of Hugh Gaitskell by Philip Williams provides the opportunity for a re-appraisal. The work has been executed on a massive
Gaitskell determined to modernize the party to accommodate the aspirations of middle‐class voters. To traditionalists, however, this meant diluting the socialist content of the party's ideology. Such opposition led to Gaitskell's defeat in 1960 over his attempt to remove clause 4 (the common ownership of the means of production) from the party's constitution.
5 days ago · One of the greatest if more intangible achievements of the late Mr. Hugh Gaitskell was to raise the whole level of political discourse in Britain. Norman St John-Stevas, letter to The Times (11 August 1964), p. 7; Political integrity was the most precious quality which Hugh Gaitskell brought to the service of the Labour movement. ...
Hugh Gaitskell. Hugh Gaitskell, the youngest of the three children of Arthur Gaitskell (1870–1915), and his wife, Adelaide Gaitskell, was born on 9th April 1906. His father worked for the Indian Civil Service, and his mother was the daughter of George Jamieson, who had been consul-general in Shanghai. Gaitskell was educated at Dragon School ...
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Aug 1, 2014 · Hugh Gaitskell: A Political Biography. By Philip M. Williams. (Totowa, N.J.: Barnes and Noble, 1980. Pp. xx + 1007. $45.00.) - Volume 75 Issue 3
