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... Cole examines how Wainwright cultivated the local press and re-energised his constituency's Liberal clubs as part of his bid to enter parliament. The result is an occasionally curious but often revealing study of Liberal politics in the middle and late twentieth century. Biography of this high quality reminds us that it is often the middle-ranking political outsider, rather than the party big-wig in London that can provide the best insight into a grassroots organisation. Cole has written a gem of biography, exploring the forgotten nooks and crannies of a political figure who played a pivotal role in the survival and subsequent revival of the Liberal party in the North of England. Matt Cole has produced a highly readable and rightly affectionate portrait of one of the Liberal Party's postwar stalwarts. This is essential reading for anyone who is serious about getting anything done through Liberal politics. ...I found this book compelling -- .

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Matt Cole is Lecturer in Politics for the Hansard Society and Head of Modern History at King Edward VI College in Stourbridge. -- .

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