BEN PIMLOTT
Harold Wilson
William Collins
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins in 1992
This edition first published by William Collins in 2016
Copyright © Ben Pimlott 1992
Foreword copyright © Peter Hennessy 2016
Ben Pimlott has the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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Cover image: Harold Wilson, c. 1974 (oil on canvas), Spear, Ruskin (1911–90)/National Portrait Gallery, London, UK/© Stefano Baldini/Bridgeman Images
Illustrations: p. 40, courtesy of the Wilson family. All cartoons courtesy of the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, University of Kent, Canterbury: p. 97, Junior minister, 1945; p. 195, ‘We’re washing our dirty linen in public’ (Vicky) (Daily Mirror); p. 230, Blackpool, 1959 (Vicky) (Solo Syndication); p. 358, ‘When he is worried he walks up and down and hums’ (Vicky) (Solo Syndication); p. 538, ‘It’s not easy’ (Garland) (© Telegraph plc); p. 599, Follow my Leadership (Garland) (© Telegraph plc).
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Source ISBN: 9780008182618
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