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Abstract. This chapter analyses the transformation of Liberal economic policy which took place under Jo Grimond’s leadership between 1956 and 1964, as the anti-statist liberal Keynesianism of the early post-war period gave way to an activist approach based on indicative planning, public investment, and the pursuit of faster economic growth.
9 lug 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.
This book charts the development of political thought within the British Liberal Party and its successor, the Liberal Democrats. Beginning with Jo Grimond’s ris...
3 giorni fa · 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.
31 ott 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 ...
28 gen 2005 · Peter Barberis. Bloomsbury Academic, Jan 28, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 266 pages. Jo Grimond, leader of the Liberal Party from 1956 - 1967, was a key player in British politics for over four decades. On his death in 1993, Paddy Ashdown paid tribute to Grimond as a "lion of the liberal cause". His numerous writings and his ten-year ...
Official portrait. View and download portraits and cropped portraits of Jo Grimond. Jo Grimond does not currently have an official portrait. 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.
