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Jun 28, 2024 · These were commitments to refrain from certain political actions or indeed attacks on the culture of promise-making itself (the book opens with just such an ‘anti-promise’ from Rab Butler in 1935: ‘I always have and always will refuse to make promises’).
16 hours ago · The idea of UNESCO was largely developed by Rab Butler, the Minister of Education for the United Kingdom, who had a great deal of influence in its development. At the ECO/CONF, the Constitution of UNESCO was introduced and signed by 37 countries, and a Preparatory Commission was established.
2 days ago · When the Conservatives returned to power, the new chancellor Rab Butler would get the balance of payments back into surplus in 1952 by cutting overseas spending, a measure which Dell suggests Gaitskell had not wanted to irritate the Americans by taking.
1 day ago · Cabinet (1963–1964) The Home cabinet, announced on 20 October 1963, was: [185] Lord Home (Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 23 October): Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. R A Butler: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Quintin Hogg: Lord President of the Council and Minister for Science.
Jun 29, 2024 · Conservative politician Rab Butler - 1971 Post-war election ABCA was also accused by Conservative politicians of indoctrinating soldiers to support the Labour Party.
Jun 8, 2024 · Besides retooling the party organisation and ballooning the membership, it invested in ideas at the Conservative Research Department under Rab Butler. Later in government Butler held all the...
Jun 23, 2024 · In 1962 R. A. Butler (later Lord Butler of Saffron Walden) was appointed chancellor and A. E. (later Sir Albert) Sloman vice-chancellor. The University Grants Committee guaranteed funding to provide for a student population rising to 3,000 in 10 years, but imposed no plan.
