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From a Sunday Telegraph article by Gerald Kaufman, written just after her death.  No iGreen comment needed:

When she was cast in a role, she knew exactly what to do. At the end of 1965, the Labour MP for Hull North died, creating a by-election in a constituency where the majority was only 1,181. Loss of the seat would have reduced the Labour government's Commons majority to just one. In any case, Harold Wilson, on whose No 10 staff I worked at the time, was planning a general election for early 1966, and needed a victory in Hull as springboard for a dissolution.

He decided that a bridge across the Humber could do the trick, and I was sent to cajole Barbara, then Minister of Transport, into making the necessary decision. Solemnly, we went through all the reasons why a bridge spanning the Humber was indispensable to transport links and the local economy; the most important reason for building the bridge was left unspoken. Barbara came up with the required decision, the by-election was won, and so was the general election.

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