Article: Vanquished Sir Richard blames Longbridge factor.(National)

Article: KNOWLES OUT; Blair takes a battering all over country ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 5, 2000 ;     522 words ... ... council majority from 35 to 15 - with veteran former leader Sir Richard Knowles one of the casualties. The Tories also regained ... s agenda. But it was not all joy for the Tories as the Liberal Democrats stormed home in the Romsey by-election, taking the once ...

Article: The Liberal Democrats' sound money man
The Spectator;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... what Darling should have done at the outset. As it is, taxpayers will pay a heavy price for the Chancellor's dithering. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Money, the preferred bidder, is demanding the Treasury stump up 11 billion for three years secured against ...

Article: Campaigner or opportunist? In his final profile of Birmingham ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... course, has the wealth to use the law to his own advantages. He once successfully sued former Birmingham City Council leader Sir Richard Knowles over a libellous political leaflet and in doing so earned a lifetime sentence of hatred from the Labour Party. He ...

Article: Foreign Secretary Cook under fire in arms export laws battle
Evening News - Scotland;  January 22, 2001 ;     486 words ... ... the Queen's Speech. Now Sir Richard, the Liberal Democrats' defence and foreign affairs ... Government's failure to act. Sir Richard said: "It's regrettable ... first-ever joint Labour/Liberal Democrats press conference on the issue ...

Article: Isolated Byers clings to office
The Scotsman;  February 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Mr Sixsmith or Sir Richard. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats united to demand ... and go now." Sir Richard was asked by Downing ... would have to go, Sir Richard argues: "I discussed ... leader of the Liberal Democrats, said Mr Blair ...

Article: Poor marks.(Sir Richard Greenbury of Marks and ...
The Economist (US);  November 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Sir Richard Greenbury, the chairman and chief executive ... Ruling the M&S kingdom is Sir Richard Greenbury, a brilliant retailer who ... the firm 45 years ago, aged 17. But Sir Richard's crown has slipped. The immediate ...

Article: Sir Janus; Face value: Sir Richard Evans, the ...
The Economist (US);  December 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... likes being called two-faced, but Sir Richard Evans, boss of BAE Systems (formerly ... lead company on big defence contracts. Sir Richard is determined to face both ways. Since ... wing parts for most Boeing airliners. Sir Richard thus finds himself chairman of a company ...