tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post297180589587664977..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Wrangling over Edward Heath's houseJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-75154202113594637082013-01-24T10:19:55.596+00:002013-01-24T10:19:55.596+00:00Philip Zeigler's biography of Heath says that ...Philip Zeigler's biography of Heath says that he made £100k a year from lecturing during the 1980s and 1990s,<br /><br />Heath was accused of sneakily exploiting an oversight by the Cathedral to acquire the freehold of Arundells.Paul Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-22736671917954892322013-01-22T18:27:22.744+00:002013-01-22T18:27:22.744+00:00Don't forget that he spent a fortune on Mornin...Don't forget that he spent a fortune on Morning Cloud as well.<br /><br />It seems that the answer about his money is that as Leader of the Opposition in the late sixties and as ex-Prime Minister in the seventies he received large amounts of money from businessmen. For which, as one biographer put it "he was never beset by the sin of gratitude" (ie, they never got anything in return)Richard Gadsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545595590359552775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-9828732663476306902013-01-21T19:59:46.821+00:002013-01-21T19:59:46.821+00:00I'd always wondered about Heath's house. H...I'd always wondered about Heath's house. He also had a flat in the Albany. Even in pre-property boom England that would have been hugely expensive.Allen Hurstnoreply@blogger.com