Word: whitelaw
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...hunger strikers' principal demand is for restoration of the "special category status" that prisoners convicted of politically motivated crimes were granted by the Tory government of Edward Heath in 1972. At that time, several hunger strikers, who also came close to death, persuaded William Whitelaw, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to grant them the status of political prisoners. Whitelaw, who is now Mrs. Thatcher's Home Secretary, later said the concession had been a mistake. It was withdrawn in 1976, and as a result there is something of a double standard at Maze Prison. Those convicted...
...Labor Party's all-consuming internal struggle is also cause for concern to the Tories. Conservative Chairman Lord Thorneycroft told his party's conference last week: "A strong, patriotic, clear-headed opposition is an essential factor in the conduct of government." Deputy Tory Leader William Whitelaw warned: "We must be twice as vigilant in judging our own policies...
...Defense Secretary (1964-70) and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1974-79). His bushy eyebrows, imposing girth and bare knuckle style make him a favorite target of cartoonists, who sometimes turn his teeth into fangs. "There's a Jekyll and Hyde aspect to him," says Tory Home Secretary William Whitelaw, using the caricaturists' horror-show imagery. "You sometimes get the impression that once Denis decides what is good for Britain and his party, he pursues it even if you have to lie and cheat along the way." Healey mistrusts ideology, and sees the job of government as mundanely doing...
...terrorists pushed the body of a dead hostage out the door of the embassy. It was Lavasani; he had volunteered, to be the first victim. By murdering a hostage, the terrorists apparently thought they could force the British government to meet their safe conduct demand. Instead, at Whitelaw's command, the killing triggered "Operation Nimrod," for which the S.A.S. force had been preparing for several days. Within 30 minutes, some 20 S.A.S. commandos, clad in black and wearing hoods, gas masks and armored vests, attacked the embassy from the roof and from adjoining town houses. They carried submachine guns...
...government was determined, Home Secretary William Whitelaw said later, not to allow "terrorist blackmail to succeed." Whitelaw, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the early 1970s, was in charge of the government's handling of the crisis from the beginning...