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Willie Whitelaw (Q333963) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. British politician (1918–1999) William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw;
Lord Whitelaw was Baroness Thatcher's right-hand man during her long period at Number 10 Downing Street. She said: "Willie Whitelaw was one of the great figures of our time and represented all that is best in Britain. "His decency, integrity and patriotism were of the highest order and for once the word 'indispensable' is not misplaced.
William Stephen Ian (Willie) Whitelaw, Burggraaf Whitelaw (Nairn, Schotland, 28 juni 1918 – Penrith, Engeland, 1 juli 1999) was een Brits politicus van de Conservative Party. Hij was van 1979 tot 1988 een van de belangrijkste ministers in de kabinetten van Margaret Thatcher .
5 lug 2024 · Encountered Willie Whitelaw at dinner. He came in rather late and then started to tell me how absolutely ghastly life was with that awful woman, how he was thinking of resigning (from the Shadow Cabinet), what was my advice, etc. So I said, "On the whole, don't resign, Willie." "Oh, good," he said. "No, don't resign," I said, "but distance ...
12 set 2022 · Without Willie Whitelaw, Thatcher would not have achieved as much. Liz Truss needs a similar figure The new government is facing an unusually heady mix of problems
14 gen 2013 · Not long after the 1979 election, Home Secretary William Whitelaw had announced he was going full steam ahead on a key manifesto promise – the Short Sharp Shock. To a euphoric Tory party conference in October 1979, the urbane and aristocratic Whitelaw told delighted delegates that detention centres for teen lawbreakers would no longer be ‘holiday camps’.
26 feb 2009 · William Whitelaw, home secretary 1979-83; later leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council and deputy prime minister. Initially challenged Thatcher for the Conservative party leadership in 1979, but became famous for his loyalty to her, which she rewarded with the words: “Every prime minister needs a Willie.”
