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Proceeding contribution from Denis MacShane (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. It occurred during Points of order proceeding on Points of Order.


Points of Order

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I am sure that the Leader of the Opposition did not mean to mislead the House when he said that Michael Foot was a friend of the Soviet Union. Michael was a staunch anti-Stalinist and a critic of the Soviet Union. When I was put in prison by the communists in Warsaw for supporting Solidarity, Michael Foot came to support my release, at a time when Margaret Thatcher was denying visas to Poles who were trying to escape from communism. We need to learn some history, which the Leader of the Opposition is wholly incapable of.


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Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
507 c299 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Points of Order
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Proceeding contributions
House of Commons
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