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Há 2 dias · In the autumn of 1980, former Liberal Leader Jo Grimond delivered the inaugural 'Eighty Club' lecture to the Association of Liberal Lawyers at the club, drawing press attention for his scathing criticism of those Liberals who believed that their future lay in some form of social democracy, or what he termed, "a better yesterday".
Há 4 dias · As in previous elections since its decline, the Liberal Party under Jo Grimond's leadership positioned itself as a non-socialist, individualist alternative to Labour. The two key domestic policy pledges in its manifesto Think for Yourself, Vote Liberal were healthcare reform and devolution for Scotland and Wales . [ 14 ]
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Há 2 dias · Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In the Scottish Parliament, Orkney and Shetland are separate constituencies.
19 de set. de 2024 · As Jo Grimond once put it: For me Liberalism is not about laissez-faire or Free Trade, or indeed any economic doctrine. It is about the broader questions of humanity and society, ...
20 de set. de 2024 · Lord Hewart Unburied. Neil Hickman. £24.95 from Amazon UK. Gordan Hewart is a figure from those Dark Ages of the Liberal Party between the end of the First World War and the revival under Jo Grimond. Born in Bury in 1870, Hewart came to prominence as a radical journalist in the North West before becoming a barrister.
7 de set. de 2024 · During his 33 years as Orkney and Shetland’s MP, Jo led the Liberal Party to a national revival with a distinctive radicalism and flair that reached across party boundaries. On retirement in 1983 he was appointed Baron Grimond of Firth.
16 de set. de 2024 · It had possessed for three years a decent, respected parliamentary leader in Joseph ‘Jo’ Grimond, a veritable Scottish Adlai Stevenson in his bookishness, eloquence, and (there is no denying it) more or less total lack of an instinct for the jugular.
