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| Affiliation | Labour |
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| Name | Richard Crossman |
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Banbury, , United Kingdom |
| Email | None |
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December 15, 1907
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| Died | April 05, 1974
(66 years)
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Richard Howard Stafford Crossman
One of the Labour Party's leading intellectuals and theorists during the postwar period and an important ally of Harold Wilson, Crossman was noted for his strong opposition to the Soviet Union and to his equally strong support for Israel. He was also a frequent contributor to (and for a period in the early 1970s the editor of) the New Statesman. Crossman is perhaps best remembered for his three volumes of diaries, posthumously published amid great controversy. The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister would later be used as one of the principle sources for the influential BBC political satire Yes Minister.
Member of Parliament for Coventry East 1945-74, Minister of Housing and Local Government 1964-66, Lord President of the Council 1966-68, Leader of the House of Commons 1966-68, Secretary of State for Social Services 1968-70.
Chairman of the Labour Party 1960-61, Editor of the New Statesman 1970-72.
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