What nobody ever asked Ann Clwyd
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Ann Clwyd was born in North Wales in 1937 as Ann Clwyd Lewis. She attended University College, Bangor but left after her second year. She became a freelance BBC reporter in Wales, then Welsh correspondent for the Guardian. In 1968 she joined the Labour Party and decided to do more than just write about the miners' problems. She was elected to two Tory safe seats, Denbigh and Gloucester but then had trouble getting a Labour seat as committees had a preferred candidate. She became a Labour MEP for Mid and West Wales 1979-84. She won Cynon Valley and spent three years on the front bench, ending up in the Shadow Cabinet for Overseas Development. She would like to return to Brussels as the facilities are better and more can be achieved there.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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'Are you, or have you ever been, a genius?' (interview with Sir Clive Sinclair) (Buyers Guide)
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Sir Clive Sinclair is 51, divorced and lives in Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London. He is Scottish, the son of a mechanical engineer. Sir Clive gained A-levels in maths and physics at age 16, but did not want to go to university. He started his own business in transistor radios, then in amplifier kits. He produced the UK's first pocket calculator in 1972 and sold 10,000 a month by 1974. This was followed by the Sinclair Z80 personal computer. In 1985 his C5 electric car project collapsed but he is still working on the idea of a small electric car with a shorter distance range. He is a long-standing member of Mensa and is now its chairman.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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'... off, I've had enough of you.' (Alan Sugar) (Interview)
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Amstrad proprietor Alan Sugar grew up in Hackney, London, England where his father was a tailor. He did odd jobs while at school and became a Civil Service clerk for a year. He attributes his success to an ability to judge things quickly, having a one-track mind and taking risks. Amstrad made a loss in Dec 1992 for the first time, after doing badly for three years. Alan Sugar has written to his shareholders offering to buy back their shares to make the company his own again. The company went public in 1980.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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