“One lonely voice still shouting labour!”
During the 1970 election campaign.
Leader of the Opposition
Edward Heath: 60 citations0 J'aime
Edward Heath: Citations en anglais
“This would, at a stroke, reduce the rise in prices, increase production and reduce unemployment.”
Statement (16 June 1970), quoted in The Times (17 June 1970), p. 4. This would be quoted back at Heath repeatedly during his premiership.
Leader of the Opposition
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (10 October 1970), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 311.
Prime Minister
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (10 October 1970), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 311.
Prime Minister
Remarks on the Gulf War on ITV, On the Record (3 February 1991), quoted in The Times (4 February 1991), p. 5.
Post-Prime Ministerial
On hearing the news of Margaret Thatcher's resignation (22 November 1990), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 787. When asked later if it was true that he had issued such a joyful declaration on his rival's political demise, he said no. He hadn't said rejoice twice, he had said it three times.
Post-Prime Ministerial
Speech in the House of Commons (30 January 1978) http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1978/jan/30/employment <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
Interview with Robin Day on BBC Panorama (28 January 1974), quoted in The Times (29 January 1974), p. 1.
Prime Minister
“Monetarism is dead and the alien doctrines of Friedman and Hayek remain only to be buried.”
Speech in the House of Commons (15 March 1982) http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1982/mar/15/budget-resolutions-and-economic-situation <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
Speech in the House of Commons (7 July 1981) http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1981/jul/07/defence-programme <br class="br">Post-Prime Ministerial
“It was the most enthralling episode in my life”
Interviewed in 1984 about taking Britain into Europe.[citation needed]
Post-Prime Ministerial
Television broadcast (15 June 1970), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 278.
Leader of the Opposition
On BBC's Question Time (1 November 1990), quoted in Peter Sissons, When One Door Closes (Biteback, 2012).
Post-Prime Ministerial
“I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?”
Comment in the Commons, December, 1988.
Post-Prime Ministerial
Interview, November, 1976.[citation needed]
Post-Prime Ministerial
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (10 October 1970), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 310.
Prime Minister
Speech in Scotland (10 September 1968) criticising free market ideas, quoted in The Times (11 September 1968), p. 1.
Leader of the Opposition
“Please don't applaud. It may irritate your neighbour.”
Receiving a mixed reaction to his speech at the Conservative Party conference, Blackpool (14 October 1981), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 731.
Post-Prime Ministerial
“A tragedy for the party. He's got no ideas, no experience and no hope.”
On William Hague's election to the leadership of the Conservative Party, 1997.[citation needed]
Post-Prime Ministerial
Interview on "Panorama", BBC 1 (16 October 1967).
Leader of the Opposition
Speech to the Conservative Group for Europe after the Labour Party conference voted for Britain to leave the European Economic Community, quoted in The Times (9 October 1980), p. 6.
Post-Prime Ministerial
“Our problem at the moment is a problem of success.”
Six weeks before the three-day week, November 1973.[citation needed]
Prime Minister
Anonymous nickname referring to his complaints about Margaret Thatcher.
About
Title of 1966 Conservative election manifesto (publication GE 1).
Leader of the Opposition
Speech to the Conservative Political Centre in Blackpool (12 October 1977), quoted in The Times (13 October 1977), p. 6
Post-Prime Ministerial
Interview with Newcastle's Metro Radio (2 June 1975), quoted in The Times (3 June 1975), p. 4
Post-Prime Ministerial
Speech in Catterick, Yorkshire (29 May 1975), quoted in The Times (30 May 1975), p. 4
Post-Prime Ministerial
“Benn, Shore and Foot were like the three witches in Macbeth.”
... In some darkened room of Transport House, on the very left of the building, they are busy boiling their own witches' brew. A dash of distortion here, an element of exaggeration there, all of course to be taken with a pinch of salt. And as they brew their myths, they delight in creating hubble, bubble, toil and trouble. ... [Benn] is probably the biggest bureaucrat and the wildest spendthrift that this country has ever known. But let us recognize the facts. Benn, Shore and Foot are using the Europe issue to brew up toil and trouble inside the Labour Party for their own ends. ...If there was a "No" vote in the referendum, we would find ourselves pulling out of Europe straight into the welcoming arms of the wild men of Labour's left.
Speech to the Conservative Group for Europe in Central Hall, Westminster (19 April 1975), quoted in The Times (21 April 1975), p. 4
Post-Prime Ministerial
Speech in Paris (5 May 1970), quoted in The Times (24 December 1970), p. 3
Leader of the Opposition
“Everyone who is already here must be treated as equal before the law.”
Interview with London Weekend Television's Man in the News (18 January 1970), quoted in The Times (19 January 1970), p. 1
Leader of the Opposition
