Talk:David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead

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Dr. David Pitt's legacy

Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The article states Dr. Pitt established a medical practice in "the Euston area" in 1947. In 1975, 28 years later, as a 16 year old runaway from Ireland, I attended Dr. Pitt's surgery. Within a week he had me booked in to the University College Hospital nearby, where a previously identified hernia was treated, as well as the need of a mastoidectomy that had gone unidentified in Ireland.

When Dr. Pitt was being elevated to the Lords, he was treating runaway Irish kids.

Dr. Pitt's surgery was in North Gower street, for those who want to research the fact. I wish this article better reflected the man's humanity; what made him truely a great man. Mark^Dask 22:46, 29 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

Safe seat

Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

While I suspect the description comes from the source, I think saying that Clapham was "seen as a safe seat for Labour" is problematic. Usually a safe seat would be one which a party had held for several elections and by a large majority. However while Labour had won in the previous two elections the Conservatives had won it in 1959 when they had last formed a majority government and in 1955 it had been a very narrow Labour win. Even in 1964 the Labour majority had been small. On top of this the Conservatives had done well in the area in the 1967 GLC elections. Also in 1970 the Conservatives won seats which had been Labour since 1945 (though failed to win back some seats which had been Conservative up to 1964). That said, it is fair to say that the swing against Dr Pitt and the size of the Conservative majority was surprisingly large and sadly this was almost certainly partly due to racial prejudice. However the seat was one the Conservatives would have seen as a viable target however the Labour candidate was. Dunarc (talk) 23:54, 23 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

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