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Shirley Williams the former Labour cabinet minister who broke away from the party to form the SDP, has died, her current party, the Liberal Democrats has said. She was 90.
In a statement Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey paid tribute to Baroness Williams of Crosby as a “true trailblazer” who had inspired millions.
As a Labour minister, Lady Williams, served in the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan in the 1970s rising to become education secretary.
However in 1981, having become disillusioned with Labour’s drift to the left under Michael Foot, she was one of the original “Gang of Four” to leave the party to form the new centrist SDP.
Sir Ed said that her bravery continued to inspire Liberal Democrats to this day.
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