Article: 'Bevan knew full well that there were police inquiries about his own activities, not about the ministry'.(News)

Byline: By MARTIN SHIPTON Western Mail

Evidence that Nye Bevan abused the rationing laws to live the high life will scarcely damage his reputation, says Martin Shipton. But perhaps we will have a more realistic view of Wales's most revered politician IT HAS long been known that Nye Bevan enjoyed the finer things in life. Only now, however, have allegations surfaced that in pursuing a luxurious lifestyle, he almost certainly broke the law. When Bevan was an active politician, voters had different expectations of their elected representatives. They did not, in the ...

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