Evan Durbin
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Evan Frank Mottram Durbin was a British economist and Labour Party politician, whose writings combined a belief in central economic planning with a conviction that the price mechanism of markets was i
Durbin, c. 1930s
Hugh Gaitskell
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Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant,
Evan Durbin
…studied zoology, followed by PPE, and became one of what Ben Pimlott described as 'the "Cole group" of distinguished young socialists'. He befriended Hugh Gaitskell (later, leader of the Labour Party 1955–63) during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike, when he undertook public speaking tasks on behalf of the…
Gaitskell in 1961
The Gaitskell flats in Holbeck, Leeds were named after Gaitskell. They were demolished in 2010.
Hugh Gaitskell 1958