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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell CBE (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician, and leader of the Labour Party 1955–1963. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer under Clement Attlee. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at New College, University of Oxford. After an academic career at University College London he became the ...
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Feb 4, 2010 · Hugh Gaitskell gave this speech at the 1960 Labour party conference as leader of the opposition. In it, he attempted to prevent the party from calling for unilateral nuclear disarmament, and see off critics within Labour who sought to get rid of him for being too right-wing.The party was deeply divided over the issue, and in this case, Gaitskell lost the vote against the
Oct 13, 2016 · Hugh Gaitskell was born in 1906 in London and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. The General Strike, which occurred mid-way through his undergraduate studies, led to Gaitskell’s first active involvement in politics when he assisted local supporters of the Trade Union Council: this experience, and the aftermath of the Strike, began his life-long commitment to the labour movement.
Jan 4, 2013 · True, there were paradoxes in the life of Hugh Gaitskell, who died 50 years ago this month, tragically too early to lead the party to the election victory he had triumphantly made possible. A ...
34 Hugh Gaitskell within Labour politics, with the SDP ‘claiming his mantle’ (Brivati, 1996: 445). Nor did New Labour seek to suggest that Gaitskell was an influ-ence upon them. When examining the relationship between revisionism and New Labour, Matt Beech emphasised how revisionism represented the
Nov 22, 1979 · A.J. Ayer. 1111 words. Hugh Gaitskell. by Philip Williams. Cape, 1007 pp., £15. If only Hugh Gaitskell had not died when he did. If only he had led the Labour Party into the General Election of 1964. He had at last succeeded in imposing his ascendency over the party – an ascendency repeatedly challenged in the eight years he had led it, all ...
