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I was around (and politically aware) back then and do remember quite a lot of discussion within the Labour Party about EU membership and Ted's methods but I seriously can't recall very much at all in the wider media ... so maybe GGG's references to 'blind eye' are true. One night, during the 74 election (it had to be the Feb one not the Oct one 'cos it was a cold, dark night) I was with a bunch of mates drinking in a boozer in London when a convoy of Range Rovers pulled up outside. Ted piled out with a large entourage of blokes following him into the boozer ... what struck me at the time was there were no women in the party and many of the blokes were much younger than Grocer. What still sticks in my memory, even after all these years, is how beautifully tanned Ted was - he really did 'glow' and he did have a real presence in the room. He 'worked' the bar (electioneering) going around greeting all the punters (including me) ... however, however, however, he had a really limp handshake. The stories about mucky behaviour by top politicos was common knowledge in political circles even back then.