- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
-
1 Early life -
2 Cambridge -
3 Wainwright’s War -
Part Two Outside Parliament -
4 Liberal Clubs -
5 Wainwright’s faith -
6 The press -
7 The Party in the country -
8 Colne Valley -
9 Campaigning -
10 The Parliamentary Liberal Party -
11 Wainwright and Jeremy Thorpe -
12 The Lib-Lab Pact -
13 The SDP/Liberal Alliance -
14 The merger and the Liberal Democrats - Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Bibliography
- Index
The press
The press
- Chapter:
- (p.61) 6 The press
- Source:
- Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats
- Author(s):
Matt Cole
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
This chapter focuses on the role of the press in the political career of Richard Wainwright. Editorial support for the Liberal Party amongst major news titles went into decline after 1945, and was effectively non-existent by 1962. Wainwright was fortunate that this decline had not advanced as far in Colne Valley as elsewhere, but he had to work hard to reverse it. He was able to get the support of several local newspapers including Huddersfield Daily and Oldham Chronicle. Wainwright made excellent use of the press in his campaigns for Colne Valley.
Keywords: Richard Wainwright, press, political career, Liberal Party, Colne Valley, Huddersfield Daily, Oldham Chronicle, campaigns
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- List of figures
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Introduction
-
1 Early life -
2 Cambridge -
3 Wainwright’s War -
Part Two Outside Parliament -
4 Liberal Clubs -
5 Wainwright’s faith -
6 The press -
7 The Party in the country -
8 Colne Valley -
9 Campaigning -
10 The Parliamentary Liberal Party -
11 Wainwright and Jeremy Thorpe -
12 The Lib-Lab Pact -
13 The SDP/Liberal Alliance -
14 The merger and the Liberal Democrats - Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Bibliography
- Index
