Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan, often known as Nye Bevan, was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. The son of a coal miner, Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice, rights of working people, and democratic socialism. He was a long-time Member of Parliament, representing Ebbw Vale in South Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party's left wing, and of...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 November 1897
Aneurin Bevan quotes about
fighting nhs long
The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it
political crowns pieces
Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.
mean sick medical
No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.
You're not an M.P., you're a gastronomic pimp.