SMITH, JOHN, British Politician

1938–94, British politician. A barrister, he was first elected to Parliament in 1970 as a Labour party member from Scotland. He served as secretary for trade in 1970 and subsequently as Labour spokesperson on a number of economic and industrial issues, developing a reputation as a moderate. Smith was elected leader of the Labour party when Neil Kinnock resigned following the Conservative victory in the 1992 general elections; he served as party leader until his death in 1994.

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Frontier Swashbuckler: The Life and Legend of John Smith T
Book by Dick Steward; University of Missouri Press, 2000
Subjects: Businessmen--Missouri--Biography, Frontier And Pioneer Life--Missouri, Missouri--Biography, Pioneers--Missouri--Biography, Smith T, John--1770-1836, Tennessee--Biography
...the life of John Smith T. Bedford...years of the British Empire in North...respect for British authority in...immigration. John Smith T, therefore...Smith, Jr., John Smith T. Fact and...burned by British troops during...
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Major General John Alexander Mcclernand: Politician in Uniform
Book by Richard L. Kiper; Kent State University Press, 1999
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Mcclernand, John A--(John Alexander)--1812-1900, Politicians--Illinois--Biography, United States--Army--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
...attacked the politician : "Col. McClernand...In 1839 John McClernand...Theophilus Smith, who was the...with Southern politicians had been remarkable. John McClernand...settled. John McClernand...one of many politicians bombarding...
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Robert John Walker: A Politician from Jackson to Lincoln
Book by James P. Shenton; Columbia University Press, 1961
Subjects: Walker, Robert J--(Robert John)--1801-1869
...the little politician orated for...Senator John Black proposed...French and British ministers...favor of a British alliance...The wily politician was finally...Butler and John Van Buren...cagey old politician warned that...letter to John K. Kane...manufacturer with a British "monopoly...
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John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician
Book by Donald Creighton; Macmillan, 1952
Subjects: Canada--Politics And Government--1841-1867, Macdonald, John Alexander--Sir--1815-1891
...everybody knew now that John George Lambton, Lord...into the affairs of British North America. Things...represented by Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Harper, and...prisoners, including John Montgomery, the innkeeper...he engaged Henry Smith, Jr. and John Macdonald as his...
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A Politician Goes to War: The Civil War Letters of John White Geary
Book by William Alan Blair; Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995
Subjects: Geary, John White--1819-1873--Correspondence, Generals--United States--Correspondence, United States--Army--Biography
...November 8, 1861, stopped the British steamship Trent in the Bahama...remove Confederate diplomats John Slidell and James Mason...Fort Warren in Boston. The British protested and appeared headed...First, no apology, which the British demanded, was extended. Second...
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journal articles on: Smith John British Politician  - 426 results

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Food Supply and Economic Ideology: Indian Corn Relief during the Second Year of the Great Irish Famine (1847)
Journal article by Mohamed Salah Harzallah; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Famine victims--Ireland, Famine victims--United Kingdom, Famines--Analysis, Historiography--Analysis, Historiography--Research, Irish history, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Analysis, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malthus, Thomas Robert--Works, Russell, John (British politician), Smith, Adam (American politician)--Analysis, Smith, Adam (American politician)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Victims of famine--Ireland, Victims of famine--United Kingdom
...such as Canon John ORourke and Cecil Woodham-Smith. (7) Contrary...attitude toward the British government of...contemporary British politicians used the Malthusian...177-214, Canon John ORourke agreed...Cecil Woodham-Smith, in The Great...the Famine on British officials and...
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John Stuart Mill's the Subjection of Women: A Re-examination
Journal article by Elizabeth S. Smith; Polity, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Civil rights--Moral and ethical aspects, Mill, John Stuart--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Subjection of Women (Essay)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women--Civil rights
...Sexual Equality," and Packe, The Life of John Stuart Mill. (86.) Mill, The Later Letters...liberalism, was even willing to abandon liberal politicians in an effort to win womens suffrage...complete suffrage lights. Elizabeth S. Smith is an assistant professor of political...
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The Making of a Queensland Politician: Jack Duggan's Life before Parliament 1910-1935
Journal article by Maurice French; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Subjects: Australian Labor Party--History, Biographers--Works, Biography--Authorship, Duggan, John--Political activity, Labor relations--History, Politicians--History, Queensland--Politics and government
...that he `might become a politician and was particularly...the middle of the road. John went on to win the election...a test of the Forgan Smith government. In the process...1972; D B Waterson and John Arnold, Biographical...6) The other was John V Hayes, MLA Nundah 1932-47...
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To Bank or Not to Bank: Edward Smith Hall on Free Trade and the Commodification of Money in Early New South Wales (1)
Journal article by Erin Ihde; Journal of Australian Studies, 2004
Subjects: Free trade--Analysis, Hall, Edward Smith--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...4) J A Ferguson, Edward Smith Hall and the "Monitor", Journal...and 9 August 1826, p 1. (7) John Gascoigne, The Enlightenment...de Cecco, Gold Standard, in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and...Bullionist Controversy, in John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and...
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Betting, Sport and the British, 1918-1939
Journal article by Mike Huggins; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007
Subjects: British history, 1914-1945, Gambling--History, Gambling--Laws, regulations and rules, Sports betting--Ethical aspects, Sports betting--History
...rivals. Eventually John Moores ran it with...from the various British Football Associations...Horseracing and the British., chapter 4. 19...1930). 21. E. g. John Gulland, Youth and...question 809. 30. See John Gulland, Gambling...Flat Racing and British Society 1790-1914...
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magazine articles on: Smith John British Politician  - 190 results

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The Myth of John Smith the Loser
Magazine article by Francis Beckett; New Statesman, Vol. 127, December 11, 1998
Subjects: Elections--Analysis, Kinnock, Neil--Political activity, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Political activity, Smith, John (British politician)--Political activity, United Kingdom--Politics and government
...imagine what would have happened if John Smith had lived. Some things would be...hard to recall what an exciting politician he had been before leadership descended...the results were coming through, John Smith was already being elected to the...
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The Prime Minister Prepares to Retire: Francis Beckett Reports from an Alternative Universe
Magazine article by Francis Beckett; New Statesman, Vol. 131, November 18, 2002
Subjects: Blair, Tony--Political activity, Brown, Gordon--Political activity, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Officials and employees, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Political activity, Political parties--Political activity, Smith, John (British politician)--Political activity, United Kingdom--Political aspects
...interview was nothing to the torment Smith inflicted on his fellow Scot...reluctant Foreign Secretary in British history, watching with quiet...But there was logic in it. Smith has not got on well with the...French, and George Bush blames Smith for his international isolation...
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Jacqui Smith: A Question of Courage? Why Do Labour Home Office Ministers Stumble So Badly When They Attempt to Deal with Immigration? Because the Party Is Still Fundamentally Uncomfortable with the Whole Issue, Writes Our Political Editor, Martin Bright
Magazine article by Martin Bright; New Statesman, Vol. 136, November 19, 2007
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Domestic policy, Emigration and immigration--Political aspects, Politicians--Evaluation, Prime ministers--Domestic policy, Smith, Jacqui--Evaluation, United Kingdom. Home Office--Management, United Kingdom. Home Office--Officials and employees
...is it that Labour politicians stumble so haplessly...whole of Whitehall. John Reid knew this when...how early Jacqui Smith was made aware of...rightly so. No Labour politician goes into parliament...about it. Jacqui Smith, therefore, has good...Work and Pensions, Smith has been hamstrung...
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Jacqui Smith's Rise, No Thanks to Me
Magazine article by John Kampfner; New Statesman, Vol. 136, July 9, 2007
Subjects: Birthdays, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Hobsbawm, Eric--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Legislators--Evaluation, Prime ministers--Evaluation, Scholars--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Smith, Jacqui--Evaluation
...Rise, No Thanks to Me. by John Kampfner This has been...procession of students, including my British nephew and thousands of Chinese...photograph of a certain Jacqui Smith in unprepossessing cardigan...of the BBC Six OClock News. Smith, "an active sportswoman and...
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Missing Their Marbles: As Greece Puts the Finishing Touches to a Building Fit to Hold the Parthenon Sculptures, Museums around the World Are Giving Their Fragments Back. How Much Longer Can the British Museum Cling on to Lord Elgin's Loot? Helena Smith Reports
Magazine article by Helena Smith; New Statesman, Vol. 135, October 23, 2006
Subjects: Art museums--Design and construction, Art museums--Planning, Greek sculpture--Planning, Greek sculpture--Political aspects, Sculpture, Greek--Planning, Sculpture, Greek--Political aspects
...claims by "first peoples"--claims that have soared since the British Museum, at Blairs prompting, amended its rules to allow the...indigenous human remains from its collections. "Blair promised John Howard he would do it during a visit to Australia," says Christopher...
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newspaper articles on: Smith John British Politician  - 221 results

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Why I Mauled My Old Friend Gordon Brown; FROM STALIN TO MR BEAN: Gordon Brown at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), December 2, 2007
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician)
...overshadowed politically by our contemporaryRobin Cook and John Smith, who was developing a modernising agenda in theheartlands...When Gordon Brown quotes the sage of Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith, Smith must beturning in P H his grave. Smith was Britains...
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Brown's 'Sober and Uncharismatic' Image Is Misplaced, Says Kinnock
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 23, 2007
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician)
...the time of the tragic death of John Smith." Mr Brown decided not to contest...his feet he is not a performance politician in the way Tony is. "Gordon is...guides him. He is a conviction politician - he thinks conviction exists for...
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Cameron's Whine Has a Hollow Ring
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 8, 2007
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician), Prime ministers
...Goldsmith), right-wing fruitcakes (John Redwood) and men who have already...William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith, Michael Howard). What has...Prime Ministers promise of "British jobs for British workers...chums. Gordon Brown is the politician who kept the UK out of monetary...
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His Minister Father Gave Him a Sense of Justice.The Fight to Save His Sight Gave a Sense of Purpose
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 26, 2007
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician), University of Edinburgh
...joined big brother John working on the...celebrity or politician, and certainly...in line to the British throne - she...party leader John Smith, a close friend...second best. The British way, the Labour...17, 2003 - Son John is born ++July...
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Will Bottler Brownhave the Guts to Knife Blair This Time? Chancellor Must Strike Now, or Give Up Any Hope of the Labour Crown
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 6, 2005
Subjects: Brown, Gordon (British politician)
...eventually give up. But Blair is an astonishingly lucky politician. You can never assume he wont bounce back. The inevitability...history will repeat itself. Exactly as happened when John Smith died, something Brown thought was assured will turn...
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encyclopedia articles on: Smith John British Politician  - 4 results

 
 
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Smith, John , British Politician
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SMITH, JOHN , British politician 1938 94, British politician. A barrister, he was first elected to Parliament in 1970...industrial issues, developing a reputation as a moderate. Smith was elected leader of the Labour party when Neil Kinnock...
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Blair, Tony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lynton Blair), 1953 , British politician, b. Edinburgh. An Oxford-educated...after the death (1994) of John Smith , even though he, unlike...including the use of British military forces, in its...despite opposition from the British public and in the Labour...
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Howard, Michael
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...MICHAEL 1941 , British politician, leader of the Conservative...name after becoming a British subject in 1947), he...under Prime Minister John Major . Appointed home...following Iain Duncan Smith s loss of the leadership...first Jew to lead a major British party ( Disraeli had...
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Maine , State, United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason the territory between...many struggles between the British on one side and the French...Hamlin was a leading Republican politician and was vice president during...B. Reed, and Margaret Chase Smith, who in 1948 became the first...


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