Manny Shinwell junior minister) for his lack of zeal about further nationalisation. Shinwell was demoted to Secretary of State for War (Minister for the Army, but no longer a full member of the Cabinet) a position which he held until 1950. He was a vigorous War Minister, who got on well with the Army and was seen as jingoistic. In November 1947 a report from MI5 alleged that Shinwell had passed secret information to a man named "Stanley", who had passed it on to Zionist paramilitary group, the Irgun. Shinwell knew self-styled "contact man" Sidney Stanley, whom he had approached for help
Manny Shinwell in Leeds and the terracotta remains in the collection of the artist. A bronze (accession number S.309) was purchased for the Collection of Glasgow City Art Gallery in 1973. Shinwell wrote three volumes of autobiography: Shinwell wrote "When The Men Come Home" (1944) Biography: Scholarly studies: Book used for citations: Manny Shinwell Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell, (18 October 1884 – 8 May 1986), known informally as Manny Shinwell, was a British Labour politician. Born in the East End of London to a large family of Jewish immigrants, he moved to Glasgow as a boy and left school at eleven. He