Edward Heath was formerly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He entered office on 19 June 1970 and left office on 4 March 1974. He was a member of the Conservative party.
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| - Edward Heath was formerly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He entered office on 19 June 1970 and left office on 4 March 1974. He was a member of the Conservative party.
- The Rt Hon. Edward Heath MBE MP (born 9th July 1916) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974. He was Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 – 1975. He is currently Member of Parliament for Sidcup.
- He fought in the Crimean War, something which convinced him that incorporating the whole of Europe into one state was not only desirable but an essential pre-requisite for the type of state he wished to create. That would be, of course, an advanced state of tedium and verbosity.
- Heath was the party leader in 1965. Toby Kinsella remarked that he would never adopt the Sunday Club's policies, to which William Heaton MP said Heath wasn't going to win the next election. (AUDIO: Changing of the Guard) This was likely a coded threat as Heaton turned out to be a member of the Light. According to the Eighth Doctor, he was succeeded by Jeremy Thorpe. (PROSE: Interference - Book One)
- Edward "Ted" Heath (1916-2005) was British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974 and a pro-European Conservative. "Sailor Ted" as he was also known (other nicknames included "The Grocer" or "Grocer Heath", after negotiating for the UK at a food prices conference) took Britain into the EEC, mainly because de Gaulle wasn't around any more to stop him. His early career saw him as President of the Oxford Union (the University's debating society and a fairly frequent stepping stone on the road to Downing Street) and an opponent of appeasement. He became the first elected leader of his party
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| - Edward Heath was formerly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He entered office on 19 June 1970 and left office on 4 March 1974. He was a member of the Conservative party.
- Heath was the party leader in 1965. Toby Kinsella remarked that he would never adopt the Sunday Club's policies, to which William Heaton MP said Heath wasn't going to win the next election. (AUDIO: Changing of the Guard) This was likely a coded threat as Heaton turned out to be a member of the Light. As it turned out, Heath did indeed succeed Harold Wilson as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after the latter's June 1970 re-election bid ended in failure. Part of the cause was a series of scientific disasters (which the public was unaware were down to aliens). These continued under Heath, undermining him. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy) According to the Eighth Doctor, he was succeeded by Jeremy Thorpe. (PROSE: Interference - Book One) In 1974, several children were surprised to seem Harold Wilson and not Heath attending a Ministry of Defence briefing. Emilie explained "it's Mr Wilson's turn [as PM] this month". (PROSE: Daleks: The Secret Invasion)
- The Rt Hon. Edward Heath MBE MP (born 9th July 1916) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974. He was Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 – 1975. He is currently Member of Parliament for Sidcup.
- He fought in the Crimean War, something which convinced him that incorporating the whole of Europe into one state was not only desirable but an essential pre-requisite for the type of state he wished to create. That would be, of course, an advanced state of tedium and verbosity.
- Edward "Ted" Heath (1916-2005) was British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974 and a pro-European Conservative. "Sailor Ted" as he was also known (other nicknames included "The Grocer" or "Grocer Heath", after negotiating for the UK at a food prices conference) took Britain into the EEC, mainly because de Gaulle wasn't around any more to stop him. His early career saw him as President of the Oxford Union (the University's debating society and a fairly frequent stepping stone on the road to Downing Street) and an opponent of appeasement. He became the first elected leader of his party Heath's time in office saw The Troubles escalate, a lot of strikes and the Three-Day Week, caused by the 1973 Yom Kippur War and resultant oil crisis. The last led to him calling an election, which resulted in a Hung Parliament with the Conservatives having the most votes, but Labour the most seats. Harold Wilson became PM. Heath spent no less than 51 years in the House of Commons, retiring in 2001. His successor in that seat, Derek Conway, only spent nine following a scandal which essentially involved registering his relatives as employees and paying them for work they didn't do. He never got on well with Margaret Thatcher (who had served under him as Minister for Education and Science), and after she succeeded him as Conservative leader he went into a decades-long sulk aimed at her. Keen on sailing (as his nickname should imply), he was also an amateur musician responsible for the installation of a grand piano in Number 10, and on a few occasions conducted orchestras. In his youth he was in World War Two and once had to organise a firing squad. Some of the Soviet leaders blew this incident out of proportion and thought he had been The Political Officer. He also never married.
* Private Eye's particular Heath parody was "Heathco", in which Heath ran a grocery store. The fact that Margaret Thatcher's father was (actually) a grocer meant they had much fun pretending Thatcher was Heath's daughter (particularly considering how the two didn't get on).
* The Beatles' "Taxman" namechecks both him and his rival, then-Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
* In Fear, Loathing and Gumbo on the Campaign Trail '72, economic recovery leads to him narrowly winning the 1974 election with a reduced majority and he remains PM, instituting authoritarian policies in response to The Troubles heating up and advocating a European defence alliance due to America being gripped with political strife. He assigns Margaret Thatcher to an anti-terrorism cabinet post, probably in the hope it will tarnish her career. He then badly loses the 1977 election to Denis Healey's Labour after failing to prevent terrorist atrocities such as the assassination of the Queen.
* Spitting Image featured him from time to time, notably in the Cabaret parody where he is seen sadly shaking his head as the Conservative cabinet sings Tomorrow Belongs to Me and Exchequers (a home for retired Prime Ministers) where he annoys the others with his organ-playing.
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