People were attracted to her warmth : Saying goodbye to Shirley Williams after a 70 year friendship
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Shirley Vivian Teresa Williams obituary: Dedicated egalitarian who co-found the Social Democratic Party in Britain Former Labour cabinet minister was one of the most highly achieving women in British politics and one of the most popular with the electorate
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Shirley Williams at the Labour party conference in 1976. Photograph: John Minihan/Getty Images
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Shirley Williams, Lady Williams of Crosby, who has died aged 90, was one of the most influential figures in British social democracy in the latter half of the 20th century. The former Labour cabinet minister who defected to co-found the Social Democratic Party, of which she then became president, later served as leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords after the merger between the SDP and the Liberal party.
Shirley Williams: One of the UK’s best-loved politicians Dennis Kavanagh © Provided by The Independent
Shirley Williams was one of the UK’s best-loved politicians. As a compelling personality and a principled voice of the centre left, her appeal transcended political parties. Like Boris Johnson, she was readily known by her first name. She had the handicap of being tipped at an early age to be Britain’s first female prime minister, but never came near achieving it, and instead had to settle for enhancing the quality of public life.
Shirley Catlin was born in 1930 to intellectual parents who supported the Labour Party and progressive causes. Her father, George Catlin, was a professor of political science at Cornell University in the US. He was overshadowed by his author wife Vera Brittain, whose memoir
Baroness Shirley Williams, “Liberal Lion And True Trailblazer”, Has Died Aged 90
The Lib Dems have announced Baroness Shirley Williams has died aged 90 (Alamy)
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Baroness Shirley Williams, a political trailblazer and one of the Liberal Democrats most famous politicians has died aged 90, the party has confirmed.
The former Cabinet minister was one of the infamous “gang of four” who left Labour to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981.
The SDP later merged with the Liberals to form the Lib Dems, who announced that the 90-year-old died in the early hours of this morning, 12 April.
“This is heartbreaking for me and for our whole Liberal Democrat family, the party’s leader Sir Ed Davey said in a statement.
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