Described as a natural conciliator, he has spent much of his working life studying industrial relations.他被描述为一个天生的和事佬，职业生涯的大部分时间都用在研究劳资关系上。Douglas Hurd was widely seen as a conciliator, occupying the central ground of Conservative politics.道格拉斯·赫德占据着保守党政治的中心舞台，人们普遍认为其扮演着调解员的角色。