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THE GREAT SHE-ELEPHANT



The row over GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) led to a full-scale, angry debate in the Commons, in which the Shadow Foreign Secretary, DENIS HEALEY, gave one of his best performances, attacking Mrs. Thatcher as the real author of the change, pulling Sir Geoffrey’s strings. He said Sir Geoffrey had made himself the laughing stock of the world, and that he had kicked constructive Trade Union leaders in the teeth. (27/2/84)

Things someone, somewhere in the world, was talking about but you probably weren’t listening…

THE GREAT SHE-ELEPHANT



The row over GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) led to a full-scale, angry debate in the Commons, in which the Shadow Foreign Secretary, DENIS HEALEY, gave one of his best performances, attacking Mrs. Thatcher as the real author of the change, pulling Sir Geoffrey’s strings. He said Sir Geoffrey had made himself the laughing stock of the world, and that he had kicked constructive Trade Union leaders in the teeth. (27/2/84)