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1 giorno fa · During the 1980s, Field briefly served on the front bench under both Michael Foot and then Neil Kinnock. But he was too independent and outspoken for the party hierarchy.
4 giorni fa · He fought off left-wing attempts to deselect him in Birkenhead and was given another chance on the front benches by Neil Kinnock. It lasted barely a year. Instead, ...
4 giorni fa · Foot’s successor as leader, Neil Kinnock, recalled Field in 1983 as a social services spokesman, but sacked him after three months for defying the whips.
3 giorni fa · He loved his constituency of Birkenhead, where he was elected in 1979, and with the support of Neil Kinnock he survived an attempt by the Militant tendency to deselect him early in the next decade. When he left the Labour Party it was by his own volition, resigning the whip in 2018 by stating that Labour was “increasingly seen as a racist party”.
4 giorni fa · The Mirror's Paul Routledge writes about the life of Frank Field, the former Labour MP and minister who died on April 23 after suffering with a terminal illness
11 ore fa · Field spent brief periods on the shadow front bench during the 1980s, under Labour leaders Michael Foot and then Neil Kinnock – but he was too independent and outspoken for the party hierarchy.
4 giorni fa · He fought off left-wing attempts to deselect him in Birkenhead and was given another chance on the front benches by Neil Kinnock. It lasted barely a year. Instead, Field became chairman of the Social Security Select Committee - where his talents as a campaigner and "one-man think tank" were deployed against Margaret Thatcher's government.
