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Britain | Bagehot, and so much more
David Lipsey, former Bagehot columnist, died on July 1st
Also a political adviser and Labour peer, he led the fullest of lives
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BY THE TIME David Lipsey joined The Economist in 1992, he was well into his second career. The first was in politics, advising Anthony Crosland, a Labour intellectual and heavyweight, in opposition and then government. After Crosland (“my chum, my mentor and my idol”) died in 1977, David worked for the prime minister, James Callaghan, until Labour’s trouncing at the polls in 1979.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Bagehot, and more”
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