"of TV-AM, when broadcaster Anna Ford threw her wine at him to express her outrage at both his behaviour and the unwelcome consequent transformation of the TV station. Aitken wrote a highly confidential letter to Thatcher in early 1980, dealing with allegations that the former Director-General of MI5, Sir Roger Hollis, had been a double agent also working for the Soviet Union. This information had come to Aitken from retired CIA spymaster James Angleton. Espionage historian Chapman Pincher obtained a copy of the letter, and used former MI5 officers Peter Wright and Arthur Martin as his main additional secret sources,"
"civil servant working for the Home Office. Working as Private Secretary to the Conservative minister Mark Carlisle gave her the idea that she ""could do better"" than many of the MPs she dealt with, and at the 1983 UK general election she was elected as MP for Ladywood, Birmingham; the area where she grew up. At the start of her career, she was firmly on the left-wing of the Labour Party. She gained some notoriety shortly after her election in 1983 when she implied the government's Employment minister Alan Clark was drunk at the despatch box. Clark's colleagues on the"
"local Conservative MP Irvine Patnick. ""The Daily Express"" also carried Patnick's version, under the headline ""Police Accuse Drunken Fans"" which gave Patnick's views, saying he had told Margaret Thatcher, while escorting her on a tour of the ground after the disaster, of the ""mayhem caused by drunks"" and that policemen told him they were ""hampered, harassed, punched and kicked"". The story accompanying ""The Sun"" headlines claimed ""drunken Liverpool fans viciously attacked rescue workers as they tried to revive victims"" and ""police officers, firemen and ambulance crew were punched, kicked and urinated upon"". A quotation, attributed to an unnamed policeman, claimed"
"extent of Britain's eavesdropping. Diana Gould – Margaret Thatcher exchange An exchange on 24 May 1983 between Diana Gould, an English schoolteacher and former Women's Royal Naval Service meteorological officer, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was voted in 1999 as one of Britain's most memorable television spots. Gould confronted Thatcher on the BBC current-affairs programme ""Nationwide"" over the sinking of the ""General Belgrano"" during the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina. Gould was appearing as a member of the public on ""Nationwide""s ""On the Spot"" live election special. The ""ARA General Belgrano"", an Argentine war ship, sank"
"against English Jews in 1290, insisting the edict had never been revoked, although successive British governments had, in fact, overturned the edict, beginning with Oliver Cromwell. She stood in the 1983 by-election in Bermondsey as an independent candidate, winning 69 votes, and attacked her opponents by labelling the Tory candidate a ""multiracialist"" and the National Front candidate a ""socialist"". She was equally unsuccessful when she stood as a British National Party candidate in the 1992 general election in Dewsbury. Through much of her later life, she published the journal ""Choice"", which presented a right-wing stance but was generally independent of"
"but without intent, a plea accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service. She appeared for sentence on Friday, May 11, when the court heard about her dramatic fall from grace since her days as a TV host. Prosecutor Nicola Alistari said the mother-of-one had struck Mr Cooke with a single blow by using a wine glass as a “weapon”. She added Mason had previous convictions for serious driving offences. In 2003, Bristol magistrates gave her a 12-month driving ban for failing to provide a breath specimen after she was stopped on suspicion of drink-driving. Less than two months later, she was"
"R v Savage R v Savage [1992] UKHL 1 is a House of Lords case in English law on establishing mens rea of assault. The defendant, Susan Savage, threw a beer over another woman, Tracey Beal, who was a former girlfriend of Mrs Savage's husband, in a pub on the evening of 31 March 1989. Mrs Savage had in her hand a full pint of beer before she threw the content over Miss Beal; in doing so the glass slipped from Savage's hand and cut Beal's wrist. The defendant claimed that she had only intended to throw the contents of"
"Party politicians (Aneurin Bevan, Richard Crossman and Morgan Phillips) ""who puzzled the Italians by filling themselves like tanks with whisky and coffee "" All three sued for libel, the case went to trial and ""The Spectator"" was forced to make a large payment in damages and costs, a sum well over the equivalent of £150,000 today. It has since emerged that ""all three plaintiffs, to a greater or lesser degree, perjured themselves in court"". In 1963, Gilmour offered the editorship to Iain Macleod, the politician who had recently resigned his cabinet seat in objection to the controversial appointment of Sir"
"bouncers. However, on at least one occasion, the show's floor manager was assaulted by one of the returning guests. In 1987, it become the first British television programmes to examine seriously the AIDS virus. Central subsequently produced a drama series on the topic, called ""Intimate Contact"". During the 1992 General Election campaign, Conservative MP Edwina Currie poured a glass of orange juice over Labour's Peter Snape shortly after an edition of the show had finished airing. Speaking about the incident later, Currie said ""I just looked at my orange juice, and looked at this man from which this stream of"
"In May 1983, during a general election special of its ""On the Spot"" feature. Diana Gould, a teacher from Cirencester, persistently challenged Margaret Thatcher about her ordering of the sinking of the ""General Belgrano"" when it was sailing away from the Falklands. Thatcher denied that the Belgrano had been sailing away, but Gould quoted map references and continued to push her point across, encouraged - so the Conservative party claimed - by presenter Sue Lawley. When Thatcher asked her whether she accepted that the Belgrano had been a danger to British shipping when it was sunk, Gould told her that"
"Edwina Currie Edwina Currie (""née"" Cohen; born 13 October 1946) is a British former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, resigning in 1988 during the salmonella in eggs controversy. By the time Currie lost her seat as an MP in 1997, she had begun a new career as a novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of six novels, and has also written four works of non fiction. In September 2002, publication of Currie's ""Diaries (1987–92)"" caused a sensation, as they revealed a four-year affair"
"announced her support for the Liberal Democrats. She was rumoured to have considered becoming a Parliamentary candidate. Boycott made several appearances on ""Newsnight Review"" and other cultural and current affairs programmes, where the fact that she is a recovering alcoholic was discussed. She started drinking heavily again after losing her job at the ""Express"". She was banned from driving for three years in September 2003 after crashing on the A303 in Wiltshire, injuring another driver. She was cut free from the wreckage. A court was told she had also been caught drink driving the day before. Since her accident, Boycott"
"June 2004. During the 1992 General Election campaign, Conservative MP Edwina Currie poured a glass of orange juice over Snape shortly after an edition of the Midlands-based debate show ""Central Weekend"" had finished airing. Speaking about the incident later, Currie said, ""I just looked at my orange juice, and looked at this man from which this stream of abuse was emanating, and thought 'I know how to shut you up.'"" A civil court (High Court action) led to compensation of £15,000 from Currie after she ""falsely suggested in her memoirs that it happened after Snape had been 'drinking vodka in"
"Diana Gould – Margaret Thatcher exchange An exchange on 24 May 1983 between Diana Gould, an English schoolteacher and former Women's Royal Naval Service meteorological officer, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was voted in 1999 as one of Britain's most memorable television spots. Gould confronted Thatcher on the BBC current-affairs programme ""Nationwide"" over the sinking of the ""General Belgrano"" during the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina. Gould was appearing as a member of the public on ""Nationwide""s ""On the Spot"" live election special. The ""ARA General Belgrano"", an Argentine war ship, sank with the loss of"
"belief in ""the pursuit of justice for the rights of those who were not being fully respected."" Historian Charlotte Gray, a personal friend of Cohen's, revealed that Cohen had once filled the glass on Paul Martin's House of Commons desk with gin just before a budget speech, while Liberal Party strategist Jerry Yanover described her as ""an up-front, in-your-face, old-fashioned Liberal, the kind that had principles and didn't compromise them."" Following the speeches, MPs unanimously agreed to immediately adjourn the House for the Christmas holiday, several days earlier than planned. Following her death, her widower Jerry ran for the Liberal"
"Angela Eagle in Labour leadership election. Merrick is married to ""The Observer""s Political Editor, Toby Helm. Born about 1974. Jane Merrick Jane Merrick is a journalist, former political editor of ""The Independent on Sunday"" and founding member of ""The Spoon"". In 2017, Former Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon had been forced to resign in part due to an allegation of inappropriate behavior towards Merrick. Fallon was accused of having ""lunged"" at Merrick a decade and a half earlier. In 2018, Merrick explained she would not vote Labour again until there was a new leader who “undoes the damage Corbyn has inflicted”"
"1989 against the wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, Sonia Sutcliffe. Founder Peter Carter-Ruck was subsequently invited to attend a ""Private Eye"" lunch, and soon afterwards he asked whether the magazine could stop misprinting the first letter of 'Ruck' as an 'F'. ""Private Eye""'s response was to print the first letter of 'Carter' with an 'F' as well. The Libel Reform Campaign cite many instances where the application of the libel laws by law firms like Carter-Ruck is effectively gagging the freedom of expression and free speech in the England and Wales leaving only the wealthy anywhere in the world able"
"in a relaunch which was perceived as ""dumbing-down"" of the station, and only three months after the station's launch, Ford was dismissed from TV-am partly due to her on-air support for chairman Peter Jay (who had already resigned) and partly because she refused to stand down from ""Good Morning Britain"" when the ratings slumped. Ford was involved in an incident at a party in which she threw her wine over Jonathan Aitken to express her outrage over his involvement in her sacking from the channel. Ford rejoined the BBC in 1986, becoming part of the presentation team for both BBC"
"Appeal quashed the conviction of s20 by substituting it with a conviction under s47 OAPA 1861 Assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Mrs Savage appealed this decision to the House of Lords which dismissed her appeal. R v Savage R v Savage [1992] UKHL 1 is a House of Lords case in English law on establishing mens rea of assault. The defendant, Susan Savage, threw a beer over another woman, Tracey Beal, who was a former girlfriend of Mrs Savage's husband, in a pub on the evening of 31 March 1989. Mrs Savage had in her hand a full pint of"
"Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in case she was recognised. She was found dead at her home in Saxilby by her husband, reportedly surrounded by 15 empty vodka bottles. Her cause of death was reported as alcoholism or alcoholic liver disease. Fiona Jones Fiona Elizabeth Ann Jones (née Hamilton; 27 February 1957 – 28 January 2007) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Newark in Labour's landslide victory in the 1997 general election. Jones was accused of fraudulently failing to declare the full amount of her election costs, and convicted"
"to show that Bartlett was drunk in the chamber, although did not show him grabbing Ferris's arm. Bartlett's subsequent formal apology was accompanied by a bottle of wine, which Ferris described as ""quite inappropriate ... as an apology for drunken behaviour involving abuse and a physical attack."" By contrast, Liberal Senator Brett Mason, who witnessed the incident, said ""Perhaps a little more was made of the incident than should have been made. I think it was overplayed by the media, and by everyone."" Labor Senator Claire Moore was reported in ""The Bulletin"" magazine as saying Bartlett had been ""unfairly demonized."""
"considerable proportions."" In 1991, Currie became the first Conservative MP to appear on the BBC topical panel show ""Have I Got News for You"". She appeared again two years later, in a special episode commemorating the release of Margaret Thatcher's memoirs, opposite fellow Liverpudlian (and Liverpool Institute alumnus) Derek Hatton. During the 1992 General Election campaign, Currie poured a glass of orange juice over Labour's Peter Snape shortly after an edition of the Midlands based television debate show ""Central Weekend"" had finished airing. Speaking about the incident later, Currie said ""I just looked at my orange juice, and looked at"
"island of Ibiza, smuggling sacks of soil and rare plants through customs. Lady Aitken continued to be seen at many parties and with many men. Satirist and broadcaster Noel Picarda instantly fell in love with her, and eventually became her live-in companion until his death in 2003. Her house and her parties were often the scene of political machinations in Conservative circles and she was often seen holding court among politicians or her family, whether in London, her local pub or the Gironde. Aitken died of cancer, She was survived by her children – Jonathan Aitken and Maria Aitken. She"
"Oliver Popplewell Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell (born 15 August 1927, Northwood, Middlesex), is a former British judge and cricket player. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken MP against ""The Guardian"" newspaper which eventually led to Aitken's imprisonment for perjury, and was widely reported for asking ""What is Linford's lunchbox?"" during a case over which he was presiding, brought by Linford Christie. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1994-96. He wrote a book about his legal career. Popplewell's"
"were to be launched, it would now have a different name. Charlotte Raven Charlotte Raven (born 1969) is a British author and journalist. She studied English at the University of Manchester. As a Labour Club activist there in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was part of a successful campaign to oust then student union communications officer Derek Draper, though she subsequently had a four-year relationship with him. She was University of Manchester Students' Union Women's Officer in 1990-91 and presided over an election in which Liam Byrne MP failed to be elected as the Union's Welfare Officer. She"
"for Barrow and Furness, who currently sits as an independent MP, having resigned from the Labour Party. Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman (born May 1986) is a political journalist and the assistant editor of ""The Spectator"". In 2015, she was named Journalist of the Year at the Political Studies Association's annual awards. Isabel Hardman was born in May 1986. She is the daughter of Michael Hardman, the first chairman and one of the four founders of the Campaign for Real Ale. She attended St Catherine's School, Bramley, and Godalming College, before graduating from the University of Exeter with a first class"
"letters to BBC newsreader Emily Maitlis. Nina Hossain Nina Hossain (born 15 December 1973) is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as a main newscaster on ""ITV Lunchtime News"" and lead anchor on ""ITV News London"". Hossain was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England to a Bangladeshi father and an English mother. Her father, Dr Tabarek Hossain (1935–2002), was born in British India (now Bangladesh) and migrated to Britain in the 1960s (when Bangladesh was still East Pakistan). He was a psychiatrist with a specialism in alcoholism, who set up the Kirklees Alcohol Advisory Service in 1973 at"
"of Ireland, and in January 1995 she faced trial for contempt of court but was cleared of the charge. She was honoured in the 1994 Freedom of Information Awards for her stand. In its last few years, the programme was involved in two high-profile libel cases. It won the first (along with the ""Guardian"") against the former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, and lost the second, against the high street chain Marks & Spencer. On 10 April 1995, Jonathan Aitken (himself a former journalist for Yorkshire Television) called a televised press conference three hours before the transmission of a ""World"
"it in a racist way. It was shorthand. I described someone's appearance colloquially—someone I happen to greatly admire."" Thatcher has written several books, including: ""Below the Parapet: the Biography of Denis Thatcher"" (1996) and ""Diary of an Election: with Margaret Thatcher on the Campaign Trail"" (1983). On 4 September 2008 Headline Publishers released ""A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir"", which recounts the decline of Margaret Thatcher's health and the onset of her dementia. Thatcher had a relationship with Jonathan Aitken, which ended in 1979. As this happened just after the Conservatives won the general election, Aitken's breaking"
"Margaret Aitken Margaret Aitken (July 3, 1908 – November 19, 1980) was a Canadian author, columnist, journalist, and politician. Aitken was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick. She attended Branksome Hall in Toronto. She was the daughter of J. Mauns Aitken and her uncle was Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Her brother, William Aitken and his son Jonathan Aitken (her nephew) were members of the British House of Commons. She started with the ""Toronto Telegram"" in 1938 and was a foreign correspondent. She was noted for covering the birth of Israel as a nation and she became a strong supporter of"
"Polly Toynbee Mary Louisa ""Polly"" Toynbee (; born 27 December 1946) is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for ""The Guardian"" newspaper since 1998. She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 1983 general election. She now broadly supports the Labour Party, although she has been critical of its current left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Toynbee previously worked as social affairs editor for the BBC and also for ""The Independent"" newspaper. She is vice-president of Humanists UK, having previously served as its president between 2007 and 2012. She was"
"Bar, London SW3 (from 1990 - 2016), winning awards for this wine list and then into radio when journalism started to become his focus. After 3 years on a weekly radio slot for the BBC, Channel 4 approached Matthew to host 'Wine Hunt'.[2] Matthew then went on to write 'The Wine Book' which was later serialised by the Daily Mail and due to the popularity of the book, Matthew was offered the chance to write the most widely read wine column in the UK in the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine, with over 5 million readers each week.[3] While Matthew spends"
"down an offer to be Britain's next ambassador to the Holy See, being prevented from accepting by suffering a detached retina. She was made a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI for services to politics and public life on 31 January 2013. In 1990, following the assassination of the Conservative politician Ian Gow by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Eastbourne by-election for his seat in the House of Commons was won by the Liberal Democrat David Bellotti. Upon the announcement, Widdecombe told the voters that the IRA would be ""toasting their"