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Common Market Mission "In his music," says a man who has watched Heath closely, "Ted experiences the emotional involvement he simply can't get in personal relationships...
...Heath has difficulty in establishing warm and easy human relationships. Even his closest friends acknowledge that he is a distant man. Says one: "He's subordinated absolutely everything except old friendships to his career. He was unsure of himself at Oxford. He's be come even more uptight since he became his party's leader. He doesn't want to get indebted to anyone." One ranking Tory notes that he has never been invited to dine privately with Heath or even to have a drink with him. When friends have pointed out that being a bachelor could impede his political...
...Heath might have chosen a musical career if he had not gone off to war (he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the army). Although his organ playing has been more publicized, those who have heard him consider his piano playing more accomplished. He contributed toward the organ at Balliol College, and still likes to return to play it. Says one acquaintance: "I've seen Ted's eyes glaze when he's talking with even the most attractive woman. The only time he really lights up is when he's conversing with someone bright about music...
...Heath won a seat in the House of Commons by a mere 133 votes. A few years later, Prime Minister Harold Macmillan chose him as a junior minister and confidant because he felt that Heath knew more than anyone else about the party's affairs in Commons. During Britain's first unsuccessful negotiations to enter the Common Market, Heath led the delegation; later he became President of the Board of Trade, a Cabinet-level post. When Sir Alec Douglas-Home stepped aside as leader of the Opposition after his 1964 loss to Harold Wilson, Heath saw his opportunity...
...Heath plunged into the task of forming his government, much of Britain and a good part of the outside world celebrated his victory. On the strength of his election, the British stock market made its largest one-day surge on record?a rise of 23.8 on the Financial Times index. The value of the pound climbed sharply. Congratulations flooded into No. 10. The Western Europeans were optimistic because they believed that Heath would press harder to bring Britain into the Common Market. The Australians were delighted because he had pledged that he would retain a defense force east of Suez...