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According to [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/The_British_American_Project_for_the_Successor_Generation Tom Easton's account]:
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Lord David Lawrence Lipsey is a political and economic journalist who initally started his career as a researcher for the [[GMWU]]. He served in several positions for the [[Labour Party]] in the 1970s but With the defeat of Labour in 1979 Lipsey began his career in journalism. After reaching the position of Political Editor for The Economist, he turned to politics when he served on the Jenkin's Commission between 1997 and 1998.  The commission was set with the task of identifying the most appropriate voting system for elections in the House of Commons, as an alternative to the first past the post system{{ref|1}}.  He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lipsey of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth in 1999 {{ref|2}}. 
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[[George Robertson]] was helped in the task of selecting promising transatlantic talent for the early years of the [[BAP]] by David Lipsey, a man who also started life as a researcher with the [[GMWU]]. After Oxford Lipsey got to know and admire [[Anthony Crosland]], the Gaitskellite MP, author of The Future of Socialism and one-time consultant to the CIA-funded [[Congress for Cultural Freedom]].
 
  
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Crosland became Lipsey's mentor, hiring him as adviser at the Department for Environment and then at the Foreign Office. After Crosland's death in 1977, Lipsey moved to the office of Prime Minister [[James Callaghan]]. With the defeat of Labour in 1979 Lipsey switched to journalism, first at [[New Society]] and then the [[Sunday Times]] before returning as editor of New Society in 1986.
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== Career == {{ref|3}}{{ref|4}}
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*1970-72 Secretary, Streatham Labour Party
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*1982-83 Chair, [[Fabian Society]]
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*1977-1979 Office of the Prime Minister, ([[James Callaghan]])
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*1986     Editor, [[New Society]]
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*1990-1992  Associate Editor, [[Murdochs' Times]]
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*1992-1994  Associate Editor, [[The Economist]]
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*1994-1997  Political Editor, The Economist
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*2002 Vice-chair, [[Media Group]]
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*2002 Vice-chair, [[Betting and Gaming group]]
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*2003 Chairman, [[British Greyhound Racing Board]]
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*2007 Secretary, [[ITV Group]]
  
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At the time he was helping to launch the BAP he was also involved in setting up the [[Sunday Correspondent]], the short-lived and largely US-funded weekly. When it folded in 1990 he became associate editor of Murdoch's Times, quitting that for the [[Economist]] in 1992 and becoming its political editor two years later. Along the way he has been chairman of the [[Fabian Society]], a visiting professor at the [[University of Ulster]] and a non-executive director of the [[Personal Investment Authority]].
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=== Other Positions === {{ref|4}}
  
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==== Government ====
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*Advisor, [[Department of Environment]]
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*Advisor, [[Foreign Office]]
  
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==Affiliations==
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==== Media ====  
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Source: [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg15.htm House of Lords Register of Members Interests], July 2006.
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*Journalist, [[New Society]]
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*Economics Editor, [[Sunday Times]]{{ref|5}}
  
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===Remunerated directorships===
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==== Pressure groups or trade unions ====
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*Chairman, [[Make Votes Count]]
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*Chairman, [[Shadow Racing Trust]]
  
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*Chair, [[Shadow Racing Trust]]
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==== Voluntary Organisations ====
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*Chair, [[British Greyhound Racing Board]]
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*Chair, [[Social Marketing Foundation]]
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*Trustee, [[Retired Greyhound Trust]]
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*President, [[British Harness Racing Club]]
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== Affiliations ==
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*Council [[Constitution Unit]]
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*Advisory Group [[Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends]]
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*Sponsors' Advisory Board [[Centre for the Study of Gambling]]
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*Member [[British American Project]]
  
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===Membership of public bodies===
 
  
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Council, Constitution Unit
 
  
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*Advisory Group, [[Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends]]
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== Contacts ==
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*Sponsors' Advisory Board, [[Centre for the Study of Gambling]]
 
  
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=== Office-holder in pressure groups or trade unions===
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The Lord Lipsey,
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House of Lords,
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London,
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SW1A 0PW
  
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*Chair, [[Make Votes Count]]
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Tel: 020 7219 8509
  
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===Office-holder in voluntary organisations===
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lipseyd@parliament.uk
  
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*Chair, [[Social Market Foundation]]
 
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*Trustee, [[Retired Greyhound Trust]]
 
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*President, [[British Harness Racing Club]]
 
  
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Not in his register of interests:
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*Member [[British American Project]]
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== References ==
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#{{note|1}}'Background Note' retrieved July 4 2006, from http://www.dca.gov.uk/rights/dca/voting/background-note.pdf
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#{{note|2}}Member Profile, UK Parliament retrieved July 4 2006 from http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26939
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#{{note|3}}Easton, Tom, "The British American Project for the Successor Generation" Lobster: parapolitics and state research journal, Issue 33 – 1997, Summer.  Available at [http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/The_British_American_Project_for_the_Successor_Generation Tom Easton's account]:
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#{{note|4}} [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg15.htm House of Lords Register of Members Interests], July 2006.
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#{{note|5}}'British Greyhound Racing Board' Retrieved 4 July 2007 from http://www.thedogs.co.uk/index.php?m=aid&id=3 -

Revision as of 15:37, 4 July 2007

Lord David Lawrence Lipsey is a political and economic journalist who initally started his career as a researcher for the GMWU. He served in several positions for the Labour Party in the 1970s but With the defeat of Labour in 1979 Lipsey began his career in journalism. After reaching the position of Political Editor for The Economist, he turned to politics when he served on the Jenkin's Commission between 1997 and 1998. The commission was set with the task of identifying the most appropriate voting system for elections in the House of Commons, as an alternative to the first past the post system[1]. He was raised to the peerage as Baron Lipsey of Tooting Bec in the London Borough of Wandsworth in 1999 [2].


== Career == [3][4]

=== Other Positions === [5]

Government

Media

Pressure groups or trade unions

Voluntary Organisations


Affiliations


Contacts

The Lord Lipsey, House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 8509

lipseyd@parliament.uk


References

  1. ^'Background Note' retrieved July 4 2006, from http://www.dca.gov.uk/rights/dca/voting/background-note.pdf
  2. ^Member Profile, UK Parliament retrieved July 4 2006 from http://biographies.parliament.uk/parliament/default.asp?id=26939
  3. ^Easton, Tom, "The British American Project for the Successor Generation" Lobster: parapolitics and state research journal, Issue 33 – 1997, Summer. Available at Tom Easton's account:
  4. ^ House of Lords Register of Members Interests, July 2006.
  5. ^'British Greyhound Racing Board' Retrieved 4 July 2007 from http://www.thedogs.co.uk/index.php?m=aid&id=3 -
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