We are going to fight to save the party and by God we think we can. We are going to start fighting for a Labour Party worthy of the name. - Shirley Williams

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We are going to fight to save the party and by God we think we can. We are going to start fighting for a Labour Party worthy of the name.

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About Shirley Williams

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 11 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979. She was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981 and, at the time of her retirement from politics, was a Liberal Democrat.

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Birth Name: Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Catlin
Native Name: Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby
Alternative Names: Shirley C. Williams • The Baroness Williams • Baroness Williams of Crosby • Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby • Shirley Vivien Teresa Brittain Catlin, Baroness Williams of Crosby
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Bill and I were much more of the Labour ethos than probably David or Roy were... It seemed much more a whole life that was going and I guess that we were more reluctant to face the fact that probably the Labour Party was by that time irrecoverable.
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