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In the late 1940s and 50s, the Liberal Party seemed doomed to irrelevance. Its few MPs held their seats as a result of pacts to which Winston Churchill turned a blind eye. Its share of the vote was just 2.5%. Clement Davies, its leader at the time, in one of the bravest decisions he made, refused an offer of a merger from Churchill and chose to soldier on. However, it was Grimond, who picked up the mantle of leader after Davies' resignation and, in the face of seemingly insuperable odds, turned the fortunes of the Liberal Party around. When Grimond passed the torch on to his successor, Jeremy Thorpe, the Liberals were secure in their independence as the third force in British politics.Product Identifiers
PublisherBirlinn General
ISBN-139781843410065
eBay Product ID (ePID)91946713
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGrimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire
Publication Year2001
SubjectArchaeology, Politics, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorMichael Mcmanus
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight893 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMichael Mcmanus