Roy Hattersley
Roy Hattersley - former deputy Labour leader
Roy Hattersley was made a Life
peer after quitting the House of Commons in 1997. He was once held to be
the leader of Labour's rightwing but in the Lords voted with leftwingers
against the government.
He is a trenchant critic of
Tony Blair: "New Labour is recklessly willing to sacrifice all claim to
intellectual consistency in the pursuit of power." Educated at Sheffield
City Grammar school and Hull University, he became a Sheffield City councillor
at the age of 24 and was elected MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook in 1964.
He went on to gain extensive ministerial experience in defence, education,
science, and foreign affairs. In opposition he spoke on the environment,
home affairs and the economy.
He became deputy leader after
Neil Kinnock beat him in the 1983 leadership contest, and stood down with
Kinnock following the 1992 election defeat. He voices his dissent in his
regular Guardian column and has published several books including novels,
memoirs, and political essays.
He is a fierce critic of grammar
schools for contributing to inequality and the Social Exclusion Unit for
doing nothing to help the poor.
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