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A stalking horse is a figure used to test a concept or mount a challenge on behalf of a third party. If the idea proves viable or popular, the third party can then declare its interest and advance the
"Approaching the fowl with stalking-horse", an 1875 illustration of a cut-out horse shape used in hunting
Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer, 3rd Baronet was a British soldier, diplomat, and Conservative MP, best known for standing against Margaret Thatcher for the party leadership in 1989. In spite of his st
Stalking horse
…the (alleged) stalking horse acted without the agreement of anyone else. For example, in Britain, the elderly and largely unknown back-bench politician Anthony Meyer challenged and helped to bring about the eventual resignation of Margaret Thatcher in the Conservative Party leadership. In American politics, George…
Meyer in 1941