Stan Newens obituary
Last modified on Fri 2 Apr 2021 11.02 EDT The former Labour MP Stan Newens, who has died aged 91, would never accept office under the governments of Harold Wilson or Jim Callaghan, as ministerial duties seemed to offer too many opportunities for compromise. Sitting on the backbenches as a dedicated MP for Epping from 1964 to 1970 and then for Harlow for nine years from 1974, he was rarely happy with those Labour governments, once comparing Wilson’s second stint in Downing Street as like “sitting through a bad film twice”. Ironically, when he made his final exit from the House of Commons...
Source: theguardian.com