"Truth of the matter is that the Labour Government didn't "kill off" TSR2."
After the
1964 general election Jenkins was appointed
Minister of Aviation. While at Aviation he oversaw the high profile cancellations of the
BAC TSR-2 and
Concorde projects (although the latter was later reversed after strong opposition from the French Government). In January 1965
Patrick Gordon Walker resigned as Foreign Secretary and in the ensuing reshuffle Wilson offered Jenkins the
Department for Education and Science; however. he declined it, preferring to stay at Aviation.
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Roy Jenkins.
A Life at the Centre.
Politico's.
ISBN 978-1-84275-177-0.