Peter Shore

Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney PC (May 20, 1924 - September 24, 2001) was a British Labour politician noted for his opposition to the European Communities.

Later political activity

He fought for the leadership again after Foot resigned, but obtained a dismal vote, being supported by no Constituency Labour Parties at all. Shore served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons for four years under Neil Kinnock but his influence with the leadership was negligible and he was not re-elected to the Shadow Cabinet in 1985. He stood down from the front bench in 1987 and thereafter served on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, devoting himself to European Union questions. Tony Blair selected him as a senior Labour statesman as his nominee for the Committee on Standards in Public Life when it was set up in 1994.

Related Topics:
Neil Kinnock - Shadow Cabinet - 1985 - 1987 - Tony Blair - Committee on Standards in Public Life - 1994

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After several attempts in his faction-ridden East End constituency to deselect him, he stood down from Parliament at the 1997 general election, taking a life peerage in the dissolution honours' list. His book Separate Ways (2001) advocated a multi-speed Europe, with some countries as merely associate members, so as to allow the centre to forge a political union at its own pace.

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1997 - 2001

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Shore's eldest son Piers became addicted to heroin and died in a squat he was sharing with a girlfriend in 1977, a death which put a great strain on Shore.

Related Topics:
Heroin - Squat - 1977

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