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Ben Pimlott


Born
July 04, 1945

Died
April 10, 2004

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A professor of modern British political history, Ben Pimlott was professor of contemporary history at Birkbeck College, London, from 1987 to 1998, and warden of Goldsmith's College from 1998 until his death in 2004. ...more

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Harold Wilson

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The Queen: A Biography of E...

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Hugh Dalton

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Labour and the Left in the ...

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The Queen, Vol. 1

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The Queen, Vol. 2

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Frustrate their knavish tri...

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Governing London

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Fabian Essays in Socialist ...

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“remedy. The issue of Europe, he suggested, should be taken out of the hands of governments and parties, and put directly to the people in a referendum. Such a vote would be constitutionally new, but then so was signing away power to a European body. It could be justified on the grounds that the issue affected the rights of every citizen. From Labour’s point of view, there was the advantage that it would make it possible for non-partisan front-benchers to avoid any outright personal commitment, or contradiction of earlier positions – without loss of face.”
Ben Pimlott, Harold Wilson