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Airey Neave was the first British officer to escape Colditz, who later became a conservative MP. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been [[assassinated]]". He was a close friend of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. | Airey Neave was the first British officer to escape Colditz, who later became a conservative MP. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been [[assassinated]]". He was a close friend of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. | ||
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 Airey Neave    (politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave 1916-01-23 Knightsbridge, London | |||||||||
| Died | 1979-03-30 (Age 63) Westminster Hospital, London | |||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford | |||||||||
| Religion | Church of England | |||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||
| Spouse | Diana Neave | |||||||||
| Victim of | assassination | |||||||||
| Party | Conservative | |||||||||
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Airey Neave was the first British officer to escape Colditz, who later became a conservative MP. He has been called "the most senior politician ever to have been assassinated". He was a close friend of Margaret Thatcher.
Assassination
This happened in Whitehall by a car bomb and no one has been convicted as his murderer.[1] It was blamed at the time on Irish terrorists, though others have suggested that it was motivated by his plans to restructure MI5 and MI6. He is reputed to have remarked that "There has been serious corruption" and that "there is going to be cleaning of the stables".
The commercially-controlled media condemned a drama Utopia which suggested that he was not killed by the INLA as the official narrative states.[2]
References
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