Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley, PC (born December 28, 1932) is a British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist from Sheffield, England. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Biography

Early life

Roy Hattersley was a socialist and Labour supporter from his youth, electioneering for his local MP and city councillors beginning in 1945 at the age of 13. His mother, Enid Hattersley, became a city councillor and later was Lord Mayor of Sheffield (1981). He won a scholarship to Sheffield City Grammar School and went from there to study at the University of Hull. Originally having been accepted to read English at Leeds University,^[1] he was diverted into reading Economics when told by a Sheffield colleague of his mother that it was necessary for a political career. The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. ... The City School, Stradbroke Road, Sheffield, England, was formerly known as City Grammar School (which operated from 1964 to 1969 at the present site, and before that at premises in the city centre). ... The Venn Building The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English university located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull), a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire. ... The University of Leeds is a major teaching and research university, one of the largest in the United Kingdom with over 32,000 full-time students. ...

At university Roy Hattersley joined the Socialist Society (SocSoc) and was one of those responsible for changing its name to the "Labour Club" and affiliating it with the non-aligned International Union of Socialist Youth rather than the Soviet-backed International Union of Students. Hattersley became chairman of the new club and later treasurer, and he went on to chair the National Association of Labour Student Organisations. He also joined the executive of the IUSY. The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) encompasses socialist, social democratic and Labour Party youth organizations from more than 100 states of the world. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital Moscow Language(s) Russian (the de facto official language), 14 other official languages Government Socialist republic Leaders  - 1922-1924 Vladimir Lenin  - 1924-1953 Joseph Stalin...

Member of Parliament

After graduating Hattersley worked briefly for a Sheffield steelworks and then for two years with the Workers' Educational Association. In 1956 he was elected to the City Council as Labour representative for Crookesmoor and was, very briefly, a JP. On the Council he spent time as chairman of the Public Works Committee and then the Housing Committee. The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) seeks to provide access to education and lifelong learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education. ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. ...

His aim became a Westminster seat, and he was eventually selected for Labour in Sutton Coldfield but lost to the Conservative Geoffrey Lloyd in 1959. He kept hunting for prospective candidacies, applying for twenty-five seats over three years. In 1963 he was chosen as the prospective parliamentary candidate for the multi-racial Birmingham Sparkbrook constituency (following a well-known local 'character', Jack Webster) and facing a Tory majority of just under 900. On October 16, 1964 he was elected by 1,254 votes; he was to hold that seat for the next eight general elections. The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories. ... Map sources for Sutton Coldfield at grid reference SP1395 Sutton Coldfield constituency shown within Birmingham Sutton Coldfield is a part of the City of Birmingham, England. ... Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd PC (17 January 1902 - 12 September 1984 was a British Conservative politician. ... In UK politics, the prospective parliamentary candidate (often abbreviated as PPC) for a political party has to be chosen before a general election is called, due to the shortness of the period before the call and the date of vote. ... Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook district of Birmingham. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

Journalist

At first he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Margaret Herbison, the Minister for Pensions. His maiden speech was on a housing subsidies bill. Still a Gaitskellite, he also joined the 1963 Club. He also wrote his first Endpiece column for The Spectator (the column moved to The Listener in 1979 and then to The Guardian). A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... Miss Margaret McCrorie Herbison (12 March 1907 - 1997) was a Scottish Labour politician. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (April 9, 1906 – January 18, 1963) was a British politician, leader of the Labour Party from 1955 until his death in 1963. ... The Spectator is a conservative British political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ... The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC under Lord Reith in January 1929. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Ministerial positions

Despite the support of Roy Jenkins and Tony Crosland he did not gain a Ministerial position until 1967, joining Ray Gunter at the Ministry of Labour. He was reportedly disliked by Prime Minister Harold Wilson as a Jenkinsite. The following year he was bumped up to Under Secretary in the same ministry, now led by Barbara Castle, and become closely involved in implementing the unpopular Prices and Incomes Act. In 1969 after the fiasco over In Place of Strife he was promoted to deputy for Denis Healey, the Minister of Defence, following the death of Gerry Reynolds. One of his first jobs, while Healey was hospitalised, was to sign the Army Board Order – putting troops into Northern Ireland. Later Hattersley agreed to the forming of the Ulster Defence Regiment, as an attempt to create a non-sectarian replacement for the B-Specials. Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (November 11, 1920 – January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour Member of Parliament in the 1960s and 1970s, and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (1918-1977) was a British politician and Labour member of Parliament. ... Raymond Jones Gunter, (August 30, 1909 – April 12, 1977), British Labour politician, was born in Wales and had a background in the railway industry and the British trade union movement - specifically his union TSSA, the Transport Salaried Staffs Association. ... James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was one of the most prominent British politicians of the 20th century. ... Jenkins is a surname that originated in England, but came to be popular in southern Wales. ... Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn (October 6, 1910 – May 3, 2002), British left-wing politician, was born Barbara Anne Betts in Bradford, Yorkshire, and adopted her familys politics, joining the Labour Party. ... In Place of Strife was a British Government White paper, written in 1969. ... Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917), is a British Labour politician, regarded by some (especially in the Labour Party) as the best Prime Minister we never had.[1] Denis Healey was born in Mottingham in Kent but in 1917 moved to Keighley, then in... Gerald William Reynolds (17 July 1927 – 7 June 1969), known as Gerry Reynolds was a British Labour Party politician. ... UDR Badge The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) was a reserve force of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. ...

European Common Market

The Labour defeat of 1970 ended six years of Labour government. Hattersley was to hold his seat — often increasing his majority — but for the next twenty-six years as MP he was to spent twenty one in Opposition. He was made Deputy Foreign Affairs Spokesman, again under Healey, which meant a lot of foreign travel, if nothing else. He also took a Visiting Fellowship to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. During this time he also became an enthusiastic supporter of the Common Market, his "drift to the political centre" put him at odds with much of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). He was one of the sixty-nine 'rebels' who voted with the Conservative government for entry into the EEC, which precipitated the resignation of Jenkins as deputy leader (April 10, 1972) and eventually a permanent split within Labour. (It was the adoption of a referendum on the E.C. as shadow cabinet policy which caused Jenkins to resign.) For 'standing by' the party Hattersley was made Defence Spokesman and later Shadow Secretary of State for Education (the one government post he had always coveted). John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government is a public policy school and one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... Motto: In varietate concordia 2 Anthem: Ode to Joy 3 Commission seat Brussels Official languages 23 Member states 27 Presidencies  - Commission José Manuel Barroso  - Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering  - Council Frank-Walter Steinmeier  - European Council Germany Formation    - Treaty of Rome 25 March 1957   - Maastricht Treaty 7 February 1992  Area  - Total... The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) consists of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body. ...

Privy Council

In the Wilson government of 1974 he was appointed the (non-cabinet) Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and in 1975 he was made a Privy Councillor. Hattersley headed the British delegation to Reykjavik during the "Cod War", but was primarily tasked with renegotiating the terms of Britain's membership of the EEC. Following the resignation of Wilson he voted for Jim Callaghan in the ensuing leadership contest in order to stop Michael Foot (a man "[that] for all his virtues... could not become Prime Minister"). Under Callaghan he finally made it into Cabinet as Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, a position he held until Labour's defeat in the 1979 General Election. Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The Cod Wars (also called the Iceland Cod Wars) were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland over Icelands claims of authority over tracts of ocean off their coastline as being their exclusive fishery zone. ... James Callaghan is also a former MP for Heywood & Middleton. ... Michael Foot For other people named Michael Foot, see Michael Foot (disambiguation). ... The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments; (the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department... Margaret Thatcher James Callaghan David Steel BBC Election 1979 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ...

"Election campaigns all have distinct characteristics. For Labour, 1983 was ludicrous, and 1987 was desperate. At least 1979 was only dismal." In 1979 Hattersley was appointed to shadow Michael Heseltine as the Minister for the Environment, contending with him over the cuts in local government powers and the "right to buy". Following the rise of the 'hard left', as demonstrated at the 1980 Labour Conference, Callaghan resigned. The leadership contest was between Healey and Foot, with Hattersley organising Healey's campaign. "An electorate [the PLP] deranged by fear" elected Foot. Healey was made deputy leader and Hattersley was appointed Shadow Home Secretary, but felt that Foot was "a good man in the wrong job", "a baffling combination of the admirable and the absurd." Healey was challenged for his post in 1981, following electoral rule changes, by Tony Benn, retaining his post by 50.426% to 49.574%. Hattersley felt that "the Bennite alliance [although defeated]... played a major part in keeping the Conservatives in power for almost twenty years." Hattersley also had very little regard for those Labour defectors who created the SDP in 1981. He helped found Labour Solidarity (1981-83) and credits the group with preventing the disintegration of the Party. Michael Heseltine walks out of the cabinet meeting having resigned, January 9, 1986 Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC (born 21 March 1933) is a British Conservative politician and businessman. ... The Right to Buy scheme was implemented by the Conservative government in the UK in the 1980s, and is regarded as being one of the major points of Thatcherism. ... Far left is a vague term used to refer to people or ideas falling into the general category of left wing which the speaker considers to be extreme. ... Tony Benn about to join March 2005 anti-war demo in London Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born April 3, 1925), known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British politician on the left of the Labour Party. ...

Deputy Leader

Following the devastating defeat of the 1983 general election Foot declined to continue as leader. Hattersley stood in the subsequent leadership election, John Smith was his campaign manager and a young Peter Mandelson also impressed Hattersley. The other competitors were Neil Kinnock, Peter Shore and Eric Heffer. Hattersley had the support of most of the Shadow Cabinet, but the majority of the PLP, the constituency groups and the unions were in favour of Kinnock. In the final count Kinnock secured around three times the number of votes of the second place Hattersley. The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... This is about the former leader of the Labour Party. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rt. ... Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney PC (May 20, 1924 - September 24, 2001) was a British Labour politician noted for his opposition to the European Communities. ... Eric Samuel Heffer (January 12, 1922 – May 27, 1991) was a British socialist politician. ...

As was standard practice at the time Hattersley became deputy leader. The combination was promoted at the time as being a "dream ticket" with Kinnock a representative of the left of the party and Hattersley of the right. Hattersley remained deputy for eight years and also Shadow Chancellor until 1987, when he moved back to Shadow Home Affairs.

Kinnock and Hattersley went to work to rehabilitate Labour after 1983. After the Miners' Strike they purged the Militant Tendency and in 1988 they fought off a leadership challenge by Tony Benn and Eric Heffer. Defeat in 1987 was expected; by 1992 it was clear that the qualities that had brought Kinnock into power were making him unelectable, "the voters would not have him." They both resigned after the defeat in 1992. Hattersley supported his friend John Smith in the leadership contest. The miners strike of 1984–1985 was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. ... It has been suggested that Militant (Britain) be merged into this article or section. ... Eric Samuel Heffer (January 12, 1922 – May 27, 1991) was a British socialist politician. ...

In 1993 Hattersley announced he would leave politics at the following general election. He was made a life peer as Baron Hattersley, of Sparkbrook in the County of West Midlands. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... Sparkbrook and Small Heath constituency shown within Birmingham Sparkbrook is an area in south-east Birmingham, England. ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ...

Later life

Hattersley was long regarded as being on the right of the party, but with New Labour in power he found himself criticising a Labour government from the left. He is the author of many books including novel and biographies. In 1996 he was fined for an incident involving his dog, Buster, after it killed a goose in one of London's royal parks. He later wrote the "diary" of Buster, writing from the dog's perspective on the incident, in which it claimed to have acted in self-defence. New Labour is an alternative name of the British political Labour Party. ... Buster as he appears on the cover of one version of Busters Diaries. ...

Sports fan

Hattersley is a life-long supporter of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) are one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ...

Satirical attacks

Hattersley was often attacked by the satirical magazine Private Eye for, among other things, his alleged equivocation over the Salman Rushdie Affair, in which the author was forced into hiding under threat of murder by Islamic extremists. The magazine alleged that Hattersley was more concerned about retaining the votes of his offended Muslim constituents and appeasing Muslim intolerance than defending freedom of speech. 1867 edition of the satirical magazine Punch, a British satirical magazine, ground-breaking on popular literature satire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... March 4, 2005 cover of Private Eye; this is a typical example of the magazines front cover. ... Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is a British-Indian essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

More famously, he was lampooned by the satirical television programme Spitting Image. He was portrayed as bumbling and ineffectual, and, when it spoke, his latex puppet showered its surroundings with spittle, in an exaggerated reference to Hattersley's mild speech impediment -- he had trouble pronouncing sibilants). Hattersley found the satirical puppet rather entertaining and saw himself as its "eponymous hero". In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Spitting Image was a satirical puppet show that ran on the United Kingdoms ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ... The LaTeX logo, typeset with LaTeX LATEX, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document markup language and document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... Italic text Wayang shadow-puppet created in Bali, in the early 20th century. ... Saliva is the watery and usually somewhat frothy substance produced in the mouths of humans and some animals. ... Speech disorders are a type of communication disorders where normal speech is disrupted. ...

Hattersley was also mocked by the satirical television programme Have I Got News For You in 1993. He was booked several times to appear on the show, but after his repeated failures to honour the booking his place was taken by a tub of lard, to which the other participants addressed comments and questions. Hattersley was given an opportunity to appear again in the next series and duly turned up, taking in stride the continuing jokes about the tub of lard. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A slice of bread spread with lard was a typical staple in traditional rural cuisine of many countries. ...

Reference

1. ^ "Books for pleasure", The Guardian, February 12, 2007. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.

Partial bibliography

• The Edwardians: Biography of the Edwardian Age (2004) ISBN 0-316-72537-4
• John Wesley: A Brand from the Burning (2002) ISBN 0-316-86020-4
• Buster's Diaries (1999) ISBN 0-7515-2917-6
• Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army (1999) ISBN 0-316-85161-2
• 50 Years on: Prejudiced History of Britain Since the War (1997) ISBN 0-316-87932-0
• No Discouragement: An Autobiography(1996) ISBN 0-333-64957-5
• Who Goes Home?: Scenes from a Political Life (1995) ISBN 0-316-87669-0
• Between Ourselves (1994) ISBN 0-330-32574-4
• Skylark's Song (1993) ISBN 0-333-55608-9
• In That Quiet Earth (1993) ISBN 0-330-32303-2
• The Maker's Mark (1990) ISBN 0-333-47032-X
• Choose Freedom: Future of Democratic Socialism (1987) ISBN 0-14-010494-1
• A Yorkshire Boyhood (1983) ISBN 0-7011-2613-2
• Press Gang (1983) ISBN 0-86051-205-3
• Goodbye to Yorkshire (1976) ISBN 0-575-02201-9

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