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Origin of “beer and sandwiches”
blogs.independent.co.uk
[The Independent (blog)] - He found a 2 May example, from Robert Carr, the Conservative employment spokesman (and later Employment Secretary and Home Secretary), challenging Barbara Castle: I was disappointed—indeed, shocked—that the Secretary of State did not give more
The World against Apartheid, BBC Four, review
www.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk] - Then Barbara Castle, less coolly, condemning it as the “concentration camp of colour”. And there was a very topical resonance when the film came to politician Oliver Tambo's early exile in London, and his pleas to church leaders to help him set up an
Guardian: David Cameron, the new Edward Heath?
[The Guardian (blog)] - In the late 1970s, Labour came to regret dropping Barbara Castle's In Place of Strife union reforms of a decade earlier: Cameron may well end up feeling the same if he bottles a once in a lifetime opportunity to put the financial sector in order.
Guardian: Doctors' vote means first industrial action since is almost unavoidable
[The Guardian] - The year before, Barbara Castle tried to stop consultants in the NHS from undertaking private work on top. So consultants took action between January and April that year, suspending goodwill activities and sticking to the letter of their contracts
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