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THE TIMES | JULY 1995
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1995 | £ 1.29
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CONSERVATIVES ELECT NEW LEADER.
Following inner party turmoil, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild is chosen as leader.
WRITTEN BY FREDRICK C. SMITH | POLITICS
LONDON — Following John Major's arrest and much of the Conservative Party leadership resigning or unable
to lead the party effectively, the leadership elections were fairly open, with no clear favorite appearing.
The Party has been in effective disarray since the end of Margaret Thatcher's term as Prime Minister.
Roughly 2 weeks from the date of the election, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, or simply Edmund
Rothschild announced he would enter the Conservative Party leadership election and promptly received
a official nomination. Edmund Rothschild is one of Britain's wealthiest men are comes from the infamous
Rothschild banking family. Rothschild estimated net worth is roughly just a little over a billion pounds.
to lead the party effectively, the leadership elections were fairly open, with no clear favorite appearing.
The Party has been in effective disarray since the end of Margaret Thatcher's term as Prime Minister.
Roughly 2 weeks from the date of the election, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, or simply Edmund
Rothschild announced he would enter the Conservative Party leadership election and promptly received
a official nomination. Edmund Rothschild is one of Britain's wealthiest men are comes from the infamous
Rothschild banking family. Rothschild estimated net worth is roughly just a little over a billion pounds.
Rothschild quickly appeared as a front runner.
Edmund Rothschild quickly appeared as the primary frontrunner with him quickly portraying himself as
a strong, able figure who could lead the Conservative Party back into a formidable, competitive state.
He spoke of "Britain's Decline" which he classifies as a economic, moral, and power decline from 1956,
The Suez Crisis to the present day, in which he states shows Britain "fundamentally losing its status,
both economically and diplomatically" and that "The British People are suffering at the hands of
outsourcing, and failing British companies who fail to compete with the Germans and French".
Rothschild ran on the concept of "Renew Britain", which if elected he plans on making the center
point of the Conservative Campaign during the 1997 general election, which could come even
sooner in light of turmoil within the Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition government, with serious
policy differences and conflicts that could lead to the collapse of the coalition, and a new election.
a strong, able figure who could lead the Conservative Party back into a formidable, competitive state.
He spoke of "Britain's Decline" which he classifies as a economic, moral, and power decline from 1956,
The Suez Crisis to the present day, in which he states shows Britain "fundamentally losing its status,
both economically and diplomatically" and that "The British People are suffering at the hands of
outsourcing, and failing British companies who fail to compete with the Germans and French".
Rothschild ran on the concept of "Renew Britain", which if elected he plans on making the center
point of the Conservative Campaign during the 1997 general election, which could come even
sooner in light of turmoil within the Liberal Democrat-Labour coalition government, with serious
policy differences and conflicts that could lead to the collapse of the coalition, and a new election.
Rothschild won with little opposition.
Edmund Rothschild won the election for the leadership for the Conservative Party with relative ease,
with little to formidable opposition in his way, with him garnering 56.2% of the vote in the
first ballot and 77.2% in the second ballot. Rothschild Promised that the Conservative Party
"would be saved" from the corrupt and weak, such as "John Major, Michael Heseltine and others".
Prime Minister Tony Blair sent his congratulations to Rothschild the morning after the election.
Rothschild also announced plans to begin introducing the UK to his "Revive Britain" plan.
with little to formidable opposition in his way, with him garnering 56.2% of the vote in the
first ballot and 77.2% in the second ballot. Rothschild Promised that the Conservative Party
"would be saved" from the corrupt and weak, such as "John Major, Michael Heseltine and others".
Prime Minister Tony Blair sent his congratulations to Rothschild the morning after the election.
Rothschild also announced plans to begin introducing the UK to his "Revive Britain" plan.
Edmund Rothschild during an iTV interview.
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