Norman Atkinson was born in Manchester on 25th March, 1923. After
attending college he became a designer in a engineering department.
A member of the Labour Party he served on
Manchester City Council (1945-49).
Atkinson
was elected to represent Tottenham in the 1964
General Election. In
1965 Atkinson joined Michael Foot, Konni
Zilliacus,
William Warbey, Russell
Kerr, John Mendelson, Anne
Kerr, Stan Newens, and Sydney
Silverman in protesting against American intervention in Vietnam.
However, Atkinson and his friends were unable to persuade the Labour
prime minister, Harold
Wilson,
to condemn US policy on Vietnam.
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