Paddy Ashdown

Why Paddy Ashdown thinks Politics is Failing

I have lost count of the times when campaigning or door knocking to get peoples views, I get some one literally interrupt my doorstep introduction to tell me firmly “sorry I am not interested in politics”,  bid me good bye and then firmly

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Paddy Ashdown on The Global Power Shift

We live in turbulent times, as events of the last two and a half years have shown.  Some of us may think it was unforseen, but that would be showing up our ignorance. Some saw this turbulence way ahead of now, and one of those

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Paddy Ashdown Dies Aged 77

The sad news came yesterday evening that Paddy Ashdown, former Liberal Democrat Leader, passed away aged 77.  I read the breaking news headlines in shock, because I’d seen him only

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