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Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician, government minister and journalist. A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Research Department before entering Parliament in 1950. He was noted as a formidable ...
14 ott 2022 · Learn about the life and career of Iain Macleod, a charismatic and controversial Conservative politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer for just one month before his death in 1970. Explore his achievements, controversies and legacy in colonial policy, tax reform and party leadership.
14 ott 2022 · Iain Macleod was a Conservative politician who died 30 days after becoming chancellor in 1970. Learn about his life, career and death, and how he compares to Kwasi Kwarteng, who was sacked by Liz Truss in 2022.
20 lug 2020 · Fifty years ago, the political world was rocked by the sudden death of the Yorkshire-born Chancellor of the Exchequer, Iain Macleod. Greg Wright reports.
10 ott 2023 · Iain Macleod, a former Conservative minister who invented the term, lampooned the transport minister responsible in the Spectator: “Why doesn’t he follow his own logic and…go back to where we...
Iain Macleod was, with Joseph Chamberlain, one of two great Colonial Secretaries of the 20th century. In the early 1960s, he ensured the rapid ending of Britain's African...
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7 gen 2022 · In the early 1960s, he ensured the rapid ending of Britain’s African empire. This allowed Britain to avoid the imperial traumas which afflicted France and Portugal. If the African ex-colonies choose to remain in the multi-racial Commonwealth, that in large part is due to Iain Macleod.
