Glyn Ford, Esq

Career: undergraduate apprentice BAC 1967-68, course tutor in oceanography Open Univ 1976-78, teaching asst UMIST 1977-78; res fell Univ of Sussex 1978-79; Univ of Manchester: res fell 1976-79, lectr 1979-80, sr res fell Prog of Policy Res in Engrg Sci and Technol 1980-84, hon visiting res fell 1984-; visiting prof Univ of Tokyo 1983; Parly candidate (Lab) Hazel Grove Gen Election 1987; MEP (Lab): Gtr Manchester East 1984-99, SW England 1999-2009; chm Ctee of Inquiry into Growth of Racism and Fascism in Europe for Euro Parl 1984-86, vice-chm Security and Disarmament Sub Ctee of Euro Parl 1987-89, rapporteur Ford Report Ctee of Inquiry into Racism and Xenophobia 1989-90, ldr European Parly Labour Party 1989-93 (dep ldr 1993-94), first vice-chm Socialist Gp Euro Parl 1989-93; chief observer EU (Indonesia) 2004 and (Aceh Indonesia) 2006-07; pres: Euro Parl Chapter, Interparliamentary Cncl Against Anti-Semitism; memb: Nat Exec Ctee Lab Party 1989-93, TU Liaison Review Gp into Trade Union links 1992-93, Consultative Ctee on Racism and Xenophobia 1994-98, nat treas Anti-Nazi League 1995-; dir Pol Int Ltd 2009-

Books and Publications: Publications The Future of Ocean Technology (1987), Fascist Europe (1992), Evolution of a European (1993), Changing States (1996), Making European Progress (2001), North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival (2008, trans into Japanese 2008 and Korean 2009), Left in Europe (2008); author of various articles in jls of politics, sci and technol