The same — only more so
3rd April 1982, Page 45
3rd April 1982
Page 45
Page 45, 3rd April 1982
— The same — only more so
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Keywords :
Government Of The United Kingdom, Freddie Laker, Knights Bachelor, Television In The United Kingdom, Cecil Parkinson, Paymaster General, Parkinson, Peter Thompson, Politics Of The United Kingdom
WAS Cecil Parkinson, Paymaster General and chairman of the Conservative party, speaking of Peter Thompson, director of the National Freight Consortium, when he said "His kind of entrepreneurial drive and enthusiasm was like a breath of fresh air blowing through an economy which had become moribund from the effects of socialism and state handouts"?
In fact he was referring to Sir Freddie Laker. The sentiment, however, applies equally to Peter Thompson, except that he knows the difference between fresh air and a howling (over)draught from which one is liable to catch one's death of cold.