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to keep politics out of anti-nuclear-dumping campaign Feb '80; joined 'Labour First' group to avoid PLP polarization Mar '80; attacked anti-Marketeers, urging wider but looser ties with Europe Oct '80; again complained of Government "pulling the plug" on Stonefield Vehicles of Cumnock Nov '80; after visit warned of "collision course" with Canada Dec '80; complained of inadequate support for workers' co-operatives by Labour councils Dec '80; elected Chairman of PLP Scots Devolution Committee Dec '80; questioned impartiality of Scots judges and sheriffs Feb '81; claimed that government-imposed cuts would force Scottish authorities to break the law Feb '81; attacked "ridiculously low" sale price of Gleneagles and two other BR hotels May '81; failed to secure backing for derided Bill to control 'space invaders' addiction May '81; urged headmasters be reselected every five years May '81; urged Lady Diana Spencer be married in Falmer jeans (made in his constituency) May '81; backed complete ban on tobacco sponsoring and advertising except at sales point July '81; urged more investment in Ayrshire mines Aug '81; complained of "shameful" decline in Russian language teaching Aug '81; again attacked Channel Islands as an "offshore financial sanctuary for tax dodgers" Aug '81; criticized British Airways' pullout from Prestwick; backed takeover plan of sacked Prestwick workers Sep '81; complained that Foreign Office tried to stop him going to Quebec Oct '81; urged Nicholas Fairbairn to resign over attempted suicide by his girlfriend Dec '81; told pensioners to keep warm and disregard ability to pay and fear of disconnection in cold weather Jan '82; tried to abolish the four Scots Lord Provosts Mar '82; on return from Central America, urged UK separate itself from US interventionist policies there Mar '82; after Argentine invasion warned that Falklands could only be retaken militarily at cost of thousands of British as well as Argentine lives; proposed diplomatic action and sanctions instead Apr '82; moved amendment to end rates relief for independent schools May '82; after visit to Western Sahara complained about Moroccan expansionism June '82; backed inquiry into foster homes in Scotland June '82; urged BBC to sack Jimmy Hill because of his South African connections July '82; asked for cancellation of planned nuclear power plant at Chapeldonan Oct '82; failed in attempt to stop Assisted Places scheme Oct '82; claimed Government was "picking on the pensioners to pay for the Falklands war" Nov '82; attacked Franks Report as "Establishment cover-up" Jan '83; opposed 'Fortress Falklands' during visit there Feb '83; elected to Executive of Scottish Labour for Co-ops Mar '83; introduced Bill to resist discrimination against aged Apr '83; claimed pilgrimage of bereaved to Falklands would be a "bitter disappointment" Apr '83; urged Labour supporters again to go on campaigning for devolution with Parliamentary and industrial disruption July '83; pressed for curbed Falklands expenditure, negotiations with Argentina Sep '83; backed Neil Kinnock for Leader, Roy Hattersley for Deputy Sep '83; won 33 votes contesting Shadow Cabinet Oct '83; was appointed Deputy Spokesman on European Affairs Nov '83; attacked BR for handing its pensioners list to US company Nov '83; suggested Sellafield leakage might cause leukemia in West of Scotland Nov '83; backed plan to disrupt Parliamentary procedures by packing extra Scottish Labour MPs on to Committees Dec '83; warned against danger of radioactive seaspray and dried up silt on Scottish shores from Sellafield contamination Dec '83; supported Bill to abolish standing charges Jan '84; urged boycott of French milk to safeguard doorstep deliveries Jan '84; backed local weak-whisky firm, Grants Feb '84; questioned Mrs Thatcher about her son's involvement in Oman contract Jan '84; opposed retention of Channel Isles as tax haven Jan '84; with John Maxton urged affiliation of Labour branches to Campaign for a Scottish Assembly Feb '84; with Cyril Townsend urged ovement in links with Argentina Mar '84; claimed Mrs Thatcher's abrasive
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style had lost UK its EEC allies Apr '84; alleged Government cover-up over leukaemia clusters near Hunterston nuclear power station May '84; challenged party spokesman on amount of coal needed for Ravenscraig during strike, with consequent Kinnock reproach May '84; signed Tony Benn's pro-Scargill motion May '84; visited Argentina as part of South Atlantic Council delegation with Cyril Townsend and Lord Kennet June '84; urged judicial inquiry into 'Belgrano' Aug '84; visited Hongkong as guest of its Government Sep '84; received 37 votes in Shadow Cabinet election Oct '84; urged tougher action against under-16s' smoking Nov '84; was named Deputy Spokesman on European and Community Affairs under Robin Cook Nov '84; with Robin Cook's job change added Latin America to his portfolio and moved to Denis Healey's Foreign Affairs team Jan '85; urged Mrs Thatcher to try to reverse US antagonism toward Nicaraguan Sandinistas Feb '85; asked about cancer clusters in Cumbria Feb '85; complained of over-loading of school buses Feb '85; complained about Gomba firm run by Tebbit friend which had taken over Stonefield trucks in his constituency and sacked its staff Mar '85; accused Government of concealing £60m increase in Falklands airport cost Apr '85; said mothers of Argentina's 'disappeared' had as much courage as Falkland islanders; this was misreported by Reuters (who later paid libel damages) and resulted in apologies from Bill Walker and Mrs Thatcher May '85; opposed Sunday shopping (Co-operative-sponsored) May '85; DPP decided against prosecuting dismissed Foreign Office clerk who leaked papers on blocked UK development loans to Nicaragua to him June '85; opposed EEC move to end BST Sep 85; not on any slate, secured 44 votes (up 7) for Shadow Cabinet Oct '85; welcomed Kinnock's anti-Militant speech as "courageous and historic" Oct '85; was reselected from shortlist of one June '85; financed by War On Want Campaign Ltd, toured Central America with Tory MP Robert Jackson; pleased Sandinistas by attacking US note threatening Nicaragua July '85; spent two weeks in Australia on CPA tour Aug '85; attacked Tim Raison for bowing to US pressure in withdrawal from UNESCO Nov '85; introduced Bill to limit smoking in public places Dec '85; suggested Labour's Euro-Parliament candidates might be nominated by Parliamentary party Dec '85; challenged Amnesty over "unbalanced" report on Nicaragua Feb '86; attacked Lord King for Savoy Hotel meal for 140 Tory MPs to win backing for BA Mar '86; asked Foreign Secretary Howe whether UK missiles were being supplied to Nicaraguan Contras Mar '86; after Libyan bombing claimed UK was being used as a glorified aircraft carrier Apr '86; complained of the "rape and plunder" of Falklands' rich fishing grounds May '86; made scathing attack on Government for agreeing to US building 14 £10m hospitals for war wounded June '86; received hostile reception when he again visited Channel Isles to resist its continuance as a tax haven July '86; again urged in-depth inquiry into leukaemia clusters Sep '86; alleged UK's newly-proclaimed 150-mile fishing limit around Falklands made a clash likely with USSR Oct '86; urged Tory action to discipline John Carlisle's research assistant for running a committee to support Contras Oct '86; visited Miami and Belize as guest of West India Committee Oct '86; pledged future Labour Government would control Channel Isles as tax haven Nov '86; denounced President Reagan as "increasingly senile and dangerous" Feb '87; admitted someone in his family had bought Telecom shares Mar '87; Foreign Office denied his claim that Mrs Thatcher had authorized 'Blowpipe' missiles for Contras after intervention by Colonel North Mar '87; called Mrs Elaine Kellet-Bowman a "screaming harridan" Mar '87; presented Bill to regulate opinion polls May '87; increased his majority by over 5,000 June '87; clairned his constituency had been hardest hit by Chernobyl fallout, partly because of Government's inadequate plans Aug '87; again visited Latin America Aug-Sep
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