Pat Arrowsmith
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Pat Arrowsmith is a British author and peace campaigner.
Arrowsmith was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, read history at the University of Cambridge
, and then read Social Science at the University of Liverpool
and at Ohio University
as a US-UK Fulbright Scholar. She is a co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
.
She has served eleven prison sentences for her political activities. In 1961 she was the subject of parliamentary questions after she was force-fed while on hunger strike in Gateside prison.
She stood against the then Prime Minister, James Callaghan
, in his constituency of Cardiff South-East in the General election of 1979
. She carried on sustained heckling during Callaghan's customary acceptance speech on re-election as an MP. With his typically avuncular nature Callaghan remarked that it was the first time he had "conducted a duet in returning a vote of thanks, and that it was not a particularly tuneful duet" . He then invited Arrowsmith to take the platform, which she did, while he and his supporters left the hall en masse.
Arrowsmith was educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, read history at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and then read Social Science at the University of Liverpool
University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a teaching and research university in the city of Liverpool, England. It is a member of the Russell Group of large research-intensive universities and the N8 Group for research collaboration. Founded in 1881 , it is also one of the six original "red brick" civic...
and at Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
as a US-UK Fulbright Scholar. She is a co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is an anti-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
.
She has served eleven prison sentences for her political activities. In 1961 she was the subject of parliamentary questions after she was force-fed while on hunger strike in Gateside prison.
She stood against the then Prime Minister, James Callaghan
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...
, in his constituency of Cardiff South-East in the General election of 1979
United Kingdom general election, 1979
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats...
. She carried on sustained heckling during Callaghan's customary acceptance speech on re-election as an MP. With his typically avuncular nature Callaghan remarked that it was the first time he had "conducted a duet in returning a vote of thanks, and that it was not a particularly tuneful duet" . He then invited Arrowsmith to take the platform, which she did, while he and his supporters left the hall en masse.