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Tributes Pour in for Former Lib Dem Leader Menzies Campbell

9/26/2025

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Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader, died in London at 84 after respite care.
He was MP for North East Fife 27 years and led from 2006 to 2007.
He held the UK 100m record and competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; tributes noted his integrity and Iraq War stance, and he attended Lib Dem events as a peer.

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Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader, died in London at 84 after respite care.
He was MP for North East Fife 27 years and led from 2006 to 2007.
He held the UK 100m record and competed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; tributes noted his integrity and Iraq War stance, and he attended Lib Dem events as a peer.