Thorpe says he will not run in election
;NZPA Barnstaple, Devon The former Liberal Party leader, Jeremy Thorpe, acquitted • of conspiracy to, imurder charges in June, has! said that he will not run for: Parliament in Britain’s next General Election. ; Mr Thorpe, who was North Devon’s Liberal mem-; ber of Parliament for 20) lyears before losing his seat' at the General Elections in I May, met. members of the! North Devon constituency I party yesterday. The party afterwards ( (issued a statement saying,, “Jeremy Thorpe explained
that he was not able to guarantee the time necessary over the next four years to win back the seat'at the next election. | “He therefore said that he .must with great reluctance [decline to allow his name to ■go forward,” (as a candidate). I Mr Thorpe and three codefendants were acquitted of I charges of conspiring to 'murder Norman Scott, who I said he was Mr Thorpe’s lover. I Mr Thorpe made no comment on leaving the meeting.
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