Politics

George Brown MP
George Brown MP

Predicament: George Brown listens to Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell addressing the Labour Party conference with strongly-stated opposition to British membership of the Common Market: "We must be clear about this; it does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state. I make no apology for repeating it. It means the end of a thousand years of history. You may say: Let it end. But, my goodness, it is a decision that needs a little care and thought." 3 October 1962

Norman Manley
Norman Manley

Chief Minister of Jamaica Norman Manley talking to a member of London's Notting Hill community after rioting in the area, during a visit to England. 6 September 1958

Quentin Hogg
Quentin Hogg

English jurist and statesman Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham, chats to John Senter after they had been sworn in as QC's (Queen's Counsel) at the House of Lords, London, along with seventeen British lawyers. 14 April 1953

Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee

British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1883 - 1967) waves from the cockpit of a US B 50 (Nifty 50) aircraft at Marham. 4 October 1949

Nehru and Menon
Nehru and Menon

Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru (1889 - 1964, right) arrives at Downing Street in London with V. K. Krishna Menon (1896 - 1974), the High Commissioner for India. They are scheduled for talks with British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.  21 April 1949

Lord Longford
Lord Longford

British politician Frank Pakenham (1905 - 2001), 7th Earl of Longford. 30 April 1947

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harold-and-mary-wilson

Mary Wilson sewing on a button on to the jacket of her husband Harold's jacket at their new temporary house in Vincent Square.  3 July 1970

 

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mrs-mitterand-and-thatcher

Lording It. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escorts the wife of French President Francois Mitterrand into the Royal Gallery as her husband prepares to makes a speech to the House of Lords and House of Commons in the Palace of Westminster. 24 October 1984

Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Sir Alec Douglas-Home

Man of the people... Conservative Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home at Ongar. During a speech he gave at this event Mr Austen Brooks, a member of the League of Empire Loyalists, heckled Mr Douglas-Home. 27 July 1964

jim-callaghan
jim-callaghan

James Callaghan Labour MP bangs the drum of 14 year old Drummer Clive Fairclough. 1974

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the-queen-and-mrs-thatcher

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets the Queen at party given by Her Majesty for the Heads of State at the Commonwealth Conference in Lusaka, capital of Zambia. The occasion provided the opportunity for Mrs Thatcher to be photographed with the Queen for the first time since she became Premier. 1st August 1979

Ted Heath
Ted Heath

Edward Heath conducts Christmas carol singing at a Broadstairs, Kent, charity concert. 19 December 1965