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Marshall co-edited ''The Orange Book'' with [[David Laws]]. He is an adviser to [[Nick Clegg]].<ref>Louise Armistead, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7716651/George-Osbornes-Treasury-team-the-power-behind-the-coalition-government.html George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government], telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref>  
 
Marshall co-edited ''The Orange Book'' with [[David Laws]]. He is an adviser to [[Nick Clegg]].<ref>Louise Armistead, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7716651/George-Osbornes-Treasury-team-the-power-behind-the-coalition-government.html George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government], telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref>  
  
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==Coalition 2.0==
 
The Guardian reported in November 2010 that Marshall was involved in talks about a coalition programme for the second half of the Parliament:
 
The Guardian reported in November 2010 that Marshall was involved in talks about a coalition programme for the second half of the Parliament:
  
::Lib Dems involved in this second initiative include [[Chris Huhne]], the energy secretary, [[David Laws]], former Treasury chief secretary, [[Julian Astle]], director of [[CentreForum]], the Liberal Democrat orientated thinktank, Paul Marshall, a hedge-fund millionaire and [[Tim Leunig]], a Liberal Democrat minded academic at the London School of Economics who has also written for [[Policy Exchange]], the leading Cameron thinktank.
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::Lib Dems involved in this second initiative include [[Chris Huhne]], the energy secretary, [[David Laws]], former Treasury chief secretary, [[Julian Astle]], director of [[CentreForum]], the Liberal Democrat orientated thinktank, Paul Marshall, a hedge-fund millionaire and [[Tim Leunig]], a Liberal Democrat minded academic at the London School of Economics who has also written for [[Policy Exchange]], the leading Cameron thinktank.</ref>
  
::The Conservative team is led by [[Greg Clark]], minister for decentralisation, and includes education secretary [[Michael Gove]], and Times columnist [[Danny Finkelstein]], a close ally of [[George Osborne]]. Both Finkelstein and Clark are ex-members of the SDP, the party formed as Labour moved left in the early 80s.
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According to journalist James Forsyth, the initiative is referred to as [[Coalition 2.0]].<ref>James Forsyth, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1325164/Are-wedding-bells-ringing-Coalition-ears.html Are wedding bells ringing in Coalition ears?], MailOnline, 31 October 2010.</ref>
 
 
::But it also contains right-leaning Euro-sceptic Conservatives such as [[Owen Paterson]], the Northern Ireland secretary, and [[Tim Montgomerie]], editor of the Conservativehome website. [[Sajid Javed]], the MP for Bromsgrove, is also involved.<ref>Patrick Wintour and Allegra Stratton, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/01/liberal-democrats-policy-tories Liberal Democrats work on identity – and joint policy with Conservatives], guardian.co.uk, 1 November 2010.</ref>
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 18:36, 10 January 2011

See Paul Marshall for other individuals of the same name.

Paul Marshall is a founder of hedge fund Marshall Wace.[1]

Marshall co-edited The Orange Book with David Laws. He is an adviser to Nick Clegg.[2]

Coalition 2.0

The Guardian reported in November 2010 that Marshall was involved in talks about a coalition programme for the second half of the Parliament:

Lib Dems involved in this second initiative include Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, David Laws, former Treasury chief secretary, Julian Astle, director of CentreForum, the Liberal Democrat orientated thinktank, Paul Marshall, a hedge-fund millionaire and Tim Leunig, a Liberal Democrat minded academic at the London School of Economics who has also written for Policy Exchange, the leading Cameron thinktank.</ref>

According to journalist James Forsyth, the initiative is referred to as Coalition 2.0.[3]

Affiliations

External Resources

Notes

  1. Louise Armistead, George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government, telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
  2. Louise Armistead, George Osborne's Treasury team - the power behind the coalition government, telegraph.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
  3. James Forsyth, Are wedding bells ringing in Coalition ears?, MailOnline, 31 October 2010.