biography
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Foot, Michael (Mackintosh)
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| lived:
| (1913– )
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| biography:
| British statesman, born in Plymouth, Devon, SW England, UK, the brother of Dingle and Hugh Foot. He studied at Oxford, and joined the staff of the Tribune in 1937, becoming editor (1948–52, 1955–60). He was also acting editor of the Evening Standard (1942–4) and a political columnist on the Daily Herald (1944–64). He became a Labour MP in 1945, and was secretary of state for employment (1974–6), and deputy leader (1976–80) then leader (1980–3) of the Labour Party, resigning after his party's heavy defeat in the general election. He retired from the Commons in 1992. A pacifist, he was a strong supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. A prolific writer, his best-known work is his biography of Aneurin Bevan. |
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