"Gerald had the sharpest tongue of any Labour politician. Though not a dislikeable man, he enjoyed being disliked. He was a politician through and through, but in the old style. Not for him the pink-cheeked hypocrisy of New Labour. He had learned his trade in the bowels of the old Labour Party and practised it in the service of Harold Wilson as Prime Minister. He was a cynic who loved intrigue, but deep down there was a sentimental core. He wrote the funniest book available on the art of being a minister."
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Gerald Kaufman
1974 – 1979
Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman (June 21, 1930 – 26 February 2017) was a British politician and author who served as a minister throughout the Labour government of 1974 to 1979. First elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) at the 1970 general election, he became Father of the House in 2015 and served in this role until his death in 2017.
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