An evening with the Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams
Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams is Co-Founder of the Liberal Democrats and is a Member of the UK House of Lords, where she was Leader of the party from 2001 to 2004. She is Professor Emeritus of Elective Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and advises the Prime Minister on issues of nuclear proliferation.
BackBaroness Williams began her career as a journalist for The Daily Mirror and The Financial Times and in 1960 became Secretary of the Fabian Society. Earlier in her career, she was a Member of the House of Commons and served as a Labour cabinet minister of Education and Science. She became Baroness Williams of Crosby in 1993 and was spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Lords from 1998 to 2001.
She is the author of several books including Politics is for People (1981), A Job to Live (1985), God and Caesar (2003) and Climbing the Bookshelves (2009). She is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorates and a frequent broadcaster.
Date: 16th March 2010
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
If you would like to attend this event please respond to Alexis Sutton on 020 7747 0422 or events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk by the 10th March.
Update - watch videos from the event
Click the image below to watch the speech Baroness Williams gave on 16 March:
Shirley Williams also shared her thoughts on being an MP and giving power back to parliament:
1) What inspired you to become an MP and what concerns you about the inspiration behind today's MPs? (video, 2:03)
2) What would be your advice to a new MP? (video, 1:07)
3) How can we give power back to parliament? (video, 2:56)
