01-02-2018 16:50 via theguardian.com

Hugh Gaitskell widow criticised Harold Macmillan in letter

Grieving Dora Gaitskell accused Tory PM of point-scoring on day of Labour leader’s memorialHistorians have uncovered a letter in which the grieving widow of the Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell accused the Tory prime minister Harold Macmillan of “trying to score an unworthy political point” on the day of her husband’s memorial service.Just two weeks after the untimely death of Gaitskell in 1963, his wife Dora wrote that she was “most deeply hurt” by claims the Con
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