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...Labor. "We have split the old party system wide open and shown there is a real alternative," insisted William Pitt, the victorious Liberal candidate. Pitt (no kin to the 18th century Prime Minister) had lost in the constituency three times before. With his triumph, declared S.D.P. Leader Shirley Williams, "we have broken the credibility barrier...
...houses occupied by skilled workers and low-level managers. For weeks, the big names of all three parties, including former Tory Prime Minister Edward Heath and Labor Leaders Michael Foot and Denis Healey, campaigned hard for their candidates. Although Pitt had earlier refused to stand down in favor of Shirley Williams, he was supported by the S.D.P.'s top team-William Rodgers, Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Williams-as well as by Liberal Leader David Steel...
Bolstered by its first victory, the alliance campaign caravan is moving on to the Liverpool suburb of Crosby, where Shirley Williams will stand in the next by-election later this winter. If Williams can win in another traditionally Tory constituency, the S.D.P. bandwagon may really begin to roll...
From the book Lifegain. by Robert F. Allen. Ph.D., with Shirley Linde Appleton Books (a division of Prentice-Hall...
...dubbed the "Flying Moderate" by some, the "Smoked Salmon Special" by others) for its first conference last week and took its show on the road for a rollicking six-day, three-city, thousand-mile extravaganza. The tour ingeniously gave each of the party's four leaders, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, William Rodgers and David Owen, who are all former Labor Cabinet ministers, a chance to have a turn in the spotlight...