This is a companion post to a review of “Liberal Crusader – The Life of Sir Archibald Sinclair”.
Sir Ed Davey recently spoke to Liberal Democrat Voice and provided this tribute to Sir Archibald Sinclair and his colleagues:
In my office in Westminster I have pictures of every single Liberal leader going back to the 19th Century and Archibald (Sinclair) is there – and it’s quite humbling actually that people like Archibald Sinclair kept the Liberal party in the dark years and we should pay tribute to them, people who flew the Liberal flag when it was difficult, you’ve got to admire them and, let’s remember, we’ve had some tough times in recent years. I joined the party in 1989 when we were (at) 4 per cent in the opinion polls and (much of that support) was in Scotland where most of our MPs came from. But Paddy led us up by our bootstraps and in recent times we’ve had some tough times with 8 MPs in 2015 then 12 then 11. I am just delighted that with all that history supporting us, and our values, that we are now back as the largest third party for over a hundred years and we will be inspired by people like Archibald.
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