A thoroughly enjoyable time was to be had by all in glorious June sunshine on Monday (30th) in the College Garden of Westminster Abbey. The wine was of high quality and the speeches short. Paul Marshall hosted and Nick Clegg made his usual speech, though he was able to transpose the stats about inequalities to Glasgow East. Amongst the Public Relations bods and thinktankers from across the political spectrum there was a strong attendance from the Lib Dem 'A list'. Just for fun I thought I would score the attendant great and good by two factors - star quality and rarity factor - i.e. not often spotted at such events.
Paddy Ashdown (*****/****) heartily greeted Ian Wrigglesworth (****/*****). Shirley Williams (*****/****) mingled effortlessly amongst parliamentarians of both houses including Chris Rennard (****/**) and Tom McNally (***/***). Danny Alexander (**/****) kept a watchful eye on Nick Clegg (****/***). I'm sure I spotted Bill Rodgers (****/****) and Bob McLennan (***/****), The Goodharts (**/****), Tim Razzall (*/***), Dick Newby (**/***) Nigel Jones (*/***), Tim Clement-Jones (*/***) and Diana Maddock (*/***). Weirdest thing is that I'm also sure I spotted Richard Holme somewhere in the mingle.
Congratulations to Paul, Anthony Rowlands and CentreForum for a well organised and very enjoyable evening.
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