Heath: ‘Man of the Year’
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 28. The British Prime Minister (Mr Heath) has been voted the “Man of the Year” by the “Sun,” the newspaper owned by the Australian publisher, Mr Rupert Murdoch. In a full page story, the paper describes Mr Heath’s year under the headline: “It was as if the secret life of Walter Mitty had come true.” The newspaper’s political editor, Anthony Shrimsley, says that' the "triumphant Paris summit meeting of May 21—when Mr Heath secured French backing for British entry into the Common Market—made 1971 'The Year of Ted.’ “Another reason,”- the writer says, “was the number of unemployed in Britain—97o,o22 last month. That, too, was Edward Heath’s achievement; the achievement of a man who decided that a new Britain could be bom only through the pain of harsh reality—and then found that he had i been too harsh?’
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19711229.2.121
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 13
Word Count
148Heath: ‘Man of the Year’ Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32801, 29 December 1971, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in