Whilst at Balliol, Hill became a committed Marxist and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in the year he graduated.

Whilst there Oldfield secretly founded the right wing One Nation Party in concert with independent MP Pauline Hanson and David Ettridge.

Whilst Labour were initially unable to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, a ' Rainbow Coalition ' of the Conservative Party ( UK ), Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru failed to come to fruition.

Whilst an MP he served as chairman of two All Party Parliamentary Groups-on epilepsy and on youth issues.

Whilst still studying, in 1995, with friends in the local party and the backing of Gordon Brown — his mentor — he was selected to be the Scottish Labour Party candidate at the Perth and Kinross by-election caused by the death of the long serving flamboyant Conservative MP Nicholas Fairbairn.

Whilst not supporting English Independence, the English Democrats consider themselves the English equivalent of the Scottish National Party in Scotland and Plaid Cymru in Wales.

Whilst incumbent President Ion Iliescu of the Social Democracy Party of Romania received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by Emil Constantinescu of the Romanian Democratic Convention in the second round.

Whilst living in Oxford, employed in conservation by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust and the University of Oxford, he became politically involved with the Labour Party.

Whilst Canada already has a declared national-socialist party, run by Terry Tremaine, it is interesting to note that as of August 2010, the U. S .- based National Socialist Movement includes the Nationalist Party of Canada on its " Links " page, but does not include Tremaine's party.

Whilst Gregor Strasser echoed many of the calls of his brother, his influence on the ideology is less, due to his remaining in the Nazi Party longer and to his early death.

Whilst Tizard was next in line, Labour Party president Andrew Little expressed preference for Louisa Wall to replace Hughes as she intended to contest the upcoming 2011 general election, unlike Tizard and the four other list candidates preceding Wall ( Mark Burton, Mahara Okeroa, Martin Gallagher and Dave Hereora ).

Whilst in opposition in 1977, the Conservative Party asked Edward Gardner to chair a study group to provide advice on changes to the nationality laws.

Whilst choosing to endorse Margaret Ritchie in the February 2010 Contest for the SDLP Leadership, SDLP Youth chose to remain neutral in the 2011 race for the Leadership of the Party.

Whilst attending the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, ( from where he graduated in 1992 with a degree in economics and politics ) he was elected Vice President of the Students Association and became National Convener of the Scottish National Party ( SNP ) student organisation, the Federation of Student Nationalists.

Whilst living in Australia, Norman was involved with the Socialist Workers ' Party for several years.

Whilst the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had received the most votes in every election since 1890, they had never won the most seats, and in the 1907 elections they had won fewer than half the seats of the Centre Party despite receiving over a million more votes.

Whilst Raymond and the other leaders often quarrelled with each other over the leadership of the crusade, Adhemar was always recognized as the spiritual leader of the crusade.

Whilst it may not have been as popular as the Spectrum, Commodore 64 or Amstrad CPC, it did sell in sufficient numbers to ensure that new software was being produced right up until the early 1990s.

Whilst at Monmouth he was later, for a shorter period, also the Archbishop of Wales.

Whilst in Baghdad, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá composed a commentary at the request of his father on the Muslim tradition of " I was a Hidden Treasure " for a Súfí leader named ` Alí Shawkat Páshá.

Whilst these events around Blenheim and Lutzingen were taking place, Marlborough was preparing to cross the Nebel.

Whilst awaiting trial, Kidd was confined in the infamous Newgate Prison and wrote several letters to King William requesting clemency.

Whilst his early work was rooted in traditional late-19th century romantic Italian opera, he successfully developed his work in the ' realistic ' verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

Whilst GATT was a set of rules agreed upon by nations, the WTO is an institutional body.

Whilst the general public was not aware of nature observation ( formally conducted as field research ) during the 1930s, practitioners of the hobby went on to become the pioneers of the conservation movement that flourished in the UK from 1965 onwards ; a movement that eventually became a global political movement within a generation's timespan.

Whilst this was primarily an English event, the so-called " Glorious Revolution " had a great impact on Scottish history.

Whilst members of the dynasty reigned over monarchies, and, eventually, the whole of the Holy Roman Empire, the Hohenstaufen coat of arms was used as a breast shield on the empire ’ s coat of arms.

Whilst Holt stated that his friendship with Johnson was reflected in the strong relationship between Australia and the US, former Australian diplomat and foreign affairs expert Alan Renouf was more cynical in his assessment of the situation.

Whilst Humayun succeeded in protecting Agra from Sher Shah, the second city of the Empire, Gaur the capital of the vilayat of Bengal, was sacked.

Whilst he was thus deeply engaged at a tavern, he was called on by a grenadier, who desired his immediate attendance on his colonel ; but no entreaties could prevail on the disciple of Aesculapius to postpone his sacrifice to Bacchus.

Whilst editor of the paper, Marx and the other revolutionary socialists were regularly harassed by the police, and Marx was brought to trial on several occasions, facing various allegations including insulting the Chief Public Prosecutor, committing a press misdemeanor, and inciting armed rebellion through tax boycotting, although each time he was acquitted.

Whilst at Cambridge, he was treasurer of the Cambridge University Socialist Society and canvassed for the Labour candidate for Cambridge in the 1931 election.

Whilst his work was far less political than key figures in Berlin Dada, such as George Grosz and John Heartfield, he would remain close friends with various members, including Hannah Hoch and Raoul Hausmann for the rest of his career.

Whilst there, he staged regular Merz recitals, including a performance of Silence, his first poem in English, but was apparently seen as a somewhat pathetic irrelevant figure by other artists at the camp.

Whilst this was dubious in terms of batting technique, it seemed the best way to cope with the barrage, and Bradman averaged 56. 57 in the series ( an excellent average for most, but well short of his career average of 99. 94 ), while being struck above the waist by the ball only once.

Whilst the Old Trafford pitch was not as suited to bodyline as the hard Australian wickets, Martindale did take 5 for 73, but Constantine only took 1 for 55.

Whilst the Soviet ambassador in Washington suspected that the Marshall Plan could lead to the creation of an anti-Soviet bloc, Stalin was open to the offer.

Whilst the amounts involved have not been publicly disclosed, it is believed that neither Daimler nor Sony recouped all of their original investments ( what Daimler managed to get was reportedly well short ).

Whilst medals were distributed to the participants during these games, the medals are not officially recognized by the IOC today and are not displayed with the collection of Olympic medals at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Whilst officially frowned upon, it was tolerated.

Whilst officially no tier was seen as better than the other, it was a generally held belief amongst the general public that the grammar schools were the best schools available, and entry into the other two types was considered a " failure ".

Whilst it has not been officially stated, it is believed that the clause preventing these albums ' rerelease only covered CD releases and not other formats.

Whilst Rowan Alexander was officially still manager, Davie Irons was in control of the team.

Whilst the platform is now officially open, the lack of signalling at Kingsley & Froghall restricts passenger trains to the down platform except for special events.

Whilst Pimm's only officially ever made fruit cups numbering 1-6 in recent years, various bartenders have started to experiment with their own Pimm's-style drinks using different bases.

Whilst the Republic's parties remained, Russia's party not only retained its primus inter pares position, but officially took over as a supreme authority in the USSR.

Whilst never officially disbanding, they ceased recording and performing in 1979.

Whilst by no means officially endorsed by the Turkish Government, some village guards are reported to have been involved in " disappearances ", extrajudicial executions and torture, sometimes dressing themselves up as PKK guerrillas in false flag attacks.

Whilst rugby union was officially an amateur sport, many rugby union players came to play rugby league.