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Letter: Letter: Political science

Published 30 June 1990

From STEPHEN POPLE

The reason for the demise of the SDP is now clear: its failure to understand
basic science. To quote its president, John Cartwright: ‘We often said we
were a catalyst for change, and of course the fate of a catalyst is to burn
up in the process.’ If only the SDP had been a catalyst for change, it would
be here today.

Stephen Pople Bristol

Issue no. 1723 published 30 June 1990

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