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David Maxwell Fyfe

David Maxwell Fyfe

Former Lord High Chancellor of Great BritainWikipedia

Search complete. 3 mentions across 3 episodes found for "David Maxwell Fyfe".

Sep 28, 2026

David StarkeyGUEST
15:14
On the grounds, he was so rich, he was stupid to vote, stupid to vote to be a member of the Labour Party, though he never crossed the floor.
David StarkeyGUEST
15:22
But anyway, what's striking about Maxwell Fyfe is when he became, and this again tells you something very different about the nature.
David StarkeyGUEST
15:33
of that convention.
David StarkeyGUEST
15:34
You and I can note this.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
38:27
Worse, future social and criminal patterns were already being established.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
38:31
In 1954, Home Secretary David Maxwell, David Maxwell Fife, issued a secret memorandum to the cabinet on blacks pimping white women, stating that, quote, figures I have obtained from the Metropolitan Police do show that the number of colored men convicted for this offense is out of all proportion to the number of colored men in London.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
38:53
In other words, per capita.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
38:56
Three months later, he again wrote to the cabinet stressing that, quote, large numbers of colored men are living on national assistance or the immoral earnings of white women, end quote.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
33:24
Worse, future social and criminal patterns were already being established.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
33:28
In 1954, Home Secretary David Maxwell, David Maxwell Fife, issued a secret memorandum to the cabinet on blacks pimping white women, stating that, quote, figures I have obtained from the Metropolitan Police do show that the number of colored men convicted for this offense is out of all proportion to the number of colored men in London.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
33:51
In other words, per capita.
Pete QuiñonesHOST
33:54
Three months later, he again wrote to the cabinet stressing that, quote, large numbers of colored men are living on national assistance or the immoral earnings of white women, end quote.

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