Welsh Politician's 'Bitter Disappointment' at Not Becoming Merthyr Mp

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Illtyd harrington, one of Wales' most flamboyant political figures, has spoken candidly of his disappointment at never becoming MP for his home town. In an interview tonight, conducted by his nephew, the actor Richard Harrington, the 76-year-old also talks of what it was like to be a gay man in London when homosexuality was a criminal offence.

Illtyd Harrington became Ken Livingstone's deputy leader at the Greater London Council and a close associate of the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.

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Welsh Politician's 'Bitter Disappointment' at Not Becoming Merthyr Mp

Richard Harrington, star of Holby Blue and Spooks, says of him in the programme, "He grew up in a politicised Merthyr family in the Thirties, in the depth of the Depression. T...

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