Michael Foot

Person · Open Library

Born

1913

Works

36

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Film & TV

Acting · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was…

Known for

• Independent Miss Craigie — Himself (Archive Footage)2020
• From Beaconsfield to Baghdad — Self (Archive Footage)2007
• In Search of Tony Blair — Self (Archive Footage)2004
• Cabinet Confidential — Self (archive footage)2001
• Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot — Self1997
• Two Hours from London — Himself1995
• The Wilderness Years — Self1995
• Rough Justice — Self1981
• Question Time — Himself - Panellist1979
• One Pair of Eyes1967

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

United States

Active from

2004

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

12

Total plays

27

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

   · 2014 · cited 88,512x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 48,837x

3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

   · 1976 · cited 44,827x

4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,586x

5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

   · 1983 · cited 39,551x

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Quotes

• “Think of it! A second Chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.”
• “Since the matter has been raised, may I say that the individual concerned is not an endorsed member of the Labour Party, and, so far as I am concerned, never will be endorsed? [Interruption.] May I add that, as the Labour Party has played the leading part in the establishment and sustenance of parliamentary democracy, we do not need any instructions on the matter from skin-deep democrats on the Conservative Benches or defectors on this side?”
• “The right hon. Member for Heseltine—[Laughter.]—well, that is what he is; he sticks to that principle more than he does to Henley.”

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Key facts

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Prime minister

Margaret Thatcher

Preceded by

James Callaghan

Succeeded by

Neil Kinnock

Deputy

Denis Healey

Leader

James Callaghan

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