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Roy Jenkins
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He was the Labour Home Secretary (1965 - 1967, 1974 - 1976).
He was a politician and Member of Parliament, first elected for Labour in 1948.
He was the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer (1967 - 1970).
He was the President of the European Commission (1977 - 1981).
He co-founded the Social Democratic Party (commonly known as the SDP) in 1981.
He was dubbed Woy of the Wadicals by
Dennis Skinner
.
His role as a liberal, reforming Home Secretary in the Labour government of the 1960s saw him dubbed "The Father of the Permissive Society".
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