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Dick Leonard was educated at the Institute of Education at London University.
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He is a pro-European social democrat and a disciple of the late Anthony Crosland. He was Deputy General Secretary of the Fabian Society from 1955 to 1960, where he founded the Young Fabians in 1960, he also became a freelance journalist and broadcaster. From 1968 to 1970 he was a Senior Research Fellow (Social Science Research Council) at Essex University.
During his time in the House he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Anthony Crosland.
From 1974 to 1985 he was Assistant Editor of The Economist. He served as Europe Correspondent in Brussels for The Observer (London) from 1989 to 1997.
He remained in Brussels until 2009 and wrote on Belgian politics in The Bulletin, and on European affairs in The Guardian (London), the Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, European Voice, and other newspapers in several countries. Dick Leonard has been a Visiting Professor at the Free University of Brussels and a Senior Adviser at the Centre for European Policy Studies.
He lives in London.
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45th United Kingdom Parliament]
He served as Member of Parliament for Romford from 1970 until the February 1974 general election, when there were major changes made to the constituency boundary.
