FROM GLORY TO OPPOSITION
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On Morning Glory II, Ted Heath was the only British prime minister to win an international sports trophy. One wonders how he reacted when she was renamed Opposition
NIGEL SHARP
FROM GLORY TO OPPOSITION

It must have been with his tongue firmly in his cheek that Tony Morgan renamed his new boat Opposition after buying her from Edward Heath in 1973. Before becoming Prime Minister three years earlier, Heath had served as Leader of the Opposition for five years and would briefly do so again after losing the 1974 General Election. “I think it must have been part of their agreement, that the buyer had to rename the boat, but I don’t think Heath was best pleased with the choice,” said Jamie Matheson, the current owner. “But I think it is a brilliant name.”

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