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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Lord Oakeshott – the outspoken peer still up for the fight
February 27, 2011 7:06 PM
• [Feb 25] Jill Treanor writes: LORD Oakeshott is the master of the one-liner. Treasury officials, in his opinion, "couldn't negotiate themselves out of a paper bag". Bankers' pay particularly irks him: "If this is bonus restraint, my name is Bob Diamond," is one of the most memorable remarks uttered by any politician this year.
. . Oakeshott may be on the backbenches but shows no sign of growing tired of the Liberal struggle. He quotes economist John Maynard Keynes, who in 1926, wrote: "Possibly the Liberal party cannot serve the state in any better way than by supplying Conservative governments with cabinets and Labour governments with ideas."
"We can do much better than that," Oakeshott said.
• Lord Oakeshott - the outspoken peer still up for the fight [Guardian Feb 25]
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