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Edward Heath and a very modern witch-hunt

The police and several high-profile politicians have behaved badly over this scandal

8 August 2015

9:00 AM

8 August 2015

9:00 AM

There was a grim inevitability that the name Edward Heath would one day be trawled up in connection with allegations of sexual abuse of children. As one of our few unmarried prime ministers, Heath always attracted speculation about his sexuality. The public image of a private man wedded to his career, content to spend his spare time playing music and sailing, has long given way to a presumption that he must have been a repressed homosexual.

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