Saturday, June 30, 2012

A revealing excerpt from an ex-prime minister's war-years diary



I have a desire ... to get 'hard' like other men; to take the knocks they can take, to go wining and whoring with them. Yet whenever I meet them I feel repelled by their lack of intelligence and concern only with things like pay, leave and food. Perhaps my nature's different.
- Edward Heath

Campbell, John (2010) Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography by Philip Ziegler. The Independent. June 25th 2010. 
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/edward-heath-the-authorised-biography-by-philip-ziegler-2009627.html


 

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