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Anthony Crosland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1474 words) |
 | Crosland returned to the House of Commons at the 1959 general election when he was elected for the Great Grimsby constituency, which he would represent for the rest of his life. |
| She wrote in her 1982 biography of Crosland that he voted for Brown with zero enthusiasm (He wasn't keen on either candidate gaining the party's leadership) in the second ballot because it was an emotional impossibility to vote for Wilson, who won by 144 votes to 103 on 14 February 1963. |
| Tony Crosland died in the Radcliffe Infirmary Hospital, at 5.40 a.m. |
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| I was seven years old when Tony Crosland died in 1977 and I dimly remember being taken to a music lesson in Leeds by my Mum and the news being announced on the radio. |
| Crosland wrote: “…Conservative or indolent-minded people on the Left, finding the contemporary scene too puzzling and unable to mould it into the old familiar categories are inclined to seek refuge in the slogans and ideas of 50 years ago. |
| Crosland did not think equal opportunity was enough as an aim for socialists but he drew our attention to something that can be easily missed because of the debate about whether it is enough. |
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