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PODCAST: A forgotten liberal hero

By Alex Foster | Fri 22nd July 2011 - 1:17 pm

In June, Mark Pack addressed the Liberal History Group‘s summer meeting on the topic of Forgotten Heroes for a Governing Party. Further details of the event can be found here.

And who was Dr Pack’s choice? You will have to listen to find out.

PS don’t check the tags

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:31 — 13.4MB)

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Forgotten Liberal heroes: Earl Grey

By Mark Pack | Fri 29th April 2011 - 9:24 am

Nick Robinson has returned to the radio for a second series of his short portraits of British Prime Ministers and in the list this time is Earl (Charles) Grey, one of the figures I’ve previously highlighted as a forgotten Liberal hero.

Robinson’s piece is history as light entertainment – so it starts off with the connection between Grey and the tea that we now know as Earl Grey and then moves on to his high profile affair before getting stuck into the more serious aspects of his record. But as a quick canter through his life in a style that …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged 1832 great reform act, forgotten liberal heroes, history, nick robinson and philip salmon | 5 Comments

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