On this day: the birth of Michael Foot

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British Labour Party politician Michael Foot (1913 - 2010) addressing demonstrators in Trafalgar Square, London, January 17th 1971.</p><p>The rally was a protest against the Home Office's decision to expel West German student leader Rudi Dutschke. (Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)https://www.cityam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Michael-Foot.jpg?w=1104" />

On 23rd July 1913, Michael Foot was born.

He would go on to become a Labour leader known for his eloquence, his rigid socialist ideology and his jackets.

What lessons does his career offer for Andy Burnham?

Asks Eliot Wilson Michael Mackintosh Foot was born on this day in 1913 in Plymouth.

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