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31 de oct. de 2023 · Stop running to them asking them to do this, that and everything under the sun - and demand instead that they stop doing and spending so much. February 1957, quoted in Michael McManus Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire (Birlinn, 2001) p. 120. In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops towards ...
9 de jul. de 2018 · Jo Grimond. Born 29th July 1913 - Died 24th October 1993. Baron Grimond of Firth. Liberal MP for Orkney & Shetland 1950-83. Liberal Chief Whip 1950-56, Leader of the Liberal Party 1956-67, May-July 1976.
10 de jul. de 2020 · Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire by Michael McManus: Amazon. Peace, Reform and Liberation: A History of Liberal Politics in Britain 1679-2011, compiled by Robert Ingham and Duncan Brack. The Liberal Democrat History Group’s pieces on Jo Grimond. The music record from the National League of Young Liberals featuring Jo Grimond.
Grimond, Joseph ( ‘Jo’ Grimond) (1913–93). Liberal leader. Born in St Andrews, son of a Dundee jute manufacturer, Grimond went to Eton and Balliol, and was called to the bar in 1937. His marriage the following year to Laura Bonham-Carter, a granddaughter of H. H. Source for information on Grimond, Joseph: The Oxford Companion to British History dictionary.
Jo Grimond. Jo Grimond died on 24th October 1993. He was most recently the Liberal MP for Orkney and Zetland, and left the Commons on 9 June 1983. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024. There are currently no MPs – all seats in the House of Commons are vacant until after the general election on 4th July 2024. Find ...
28 de ene. de 2024 · “I am not prepared to lead a party of eunuchs” said Jo Grimond, accepting his new role as party leader at the 1956 Liberal Conference in Southport, UK. His remark cut to the core problem of the party he now led: it was on its last legs.
Grimond demands our attention not for his political achievements but for his political philosophy. In a long series of books and pamphlets, he articulated a generous, pragmatic, civic liberalism that is at odds with Labour's post-war economic statism and with Thatcher's market fundamentalism - but feels fresh in 2012.
