▁immediate ▁problems , ▁and ▁to ▁prevent ▁a ▁res umption ▁of ▁his ▁tir ades ▁against ▁the ▁new ▁party ▁leader , ▁B ess ell ▁began ▁pay ing ▁him ▁a ▁" ret ainer " ▁of ▁between ▁£ 5 ▁and ▁£ 1 0 ▁a ▁week , ▁ost ens ibly ▁in ▁lieu ▁of ▁lost ▁national ▁ins urance ▁benefits . ▁B ess ell ▁also ▁arranged ▁Scott ' s ▁new ▁pass port , ▁but ▁by ▁this ▁time ▁Scott ▁had ▁abandoned ▁his ▁American ▁plans ▁and ▁wished ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁model . ▁He ▁asked ▁B ess ell ▁for ▁£ 2 0 0 ▁to ▁set ▁him ▁up ; ▁B ess ell ▁refused , ▁but ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁gave ▁him ▁£ 7 5 , ▁on ▁the ▁understanding ▁there ▁would ▁be ▁no ▁further ▁dem ands ▁for ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁Develop ments ▁ ▁Inc itement ▁Thor pe ' s ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁Liber als ▁was ▁not , ▁initially , ▁an ▁un qual ified ▁success ; ▁his ▁local ▁campaign ing ▁skills ▁did ▁not ▁readily ▁transfer ▁to ▁set ▁speech es ▁on ▁national ▁or ▁international ▁issues , ▁and ▁some ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁party ▁became ▁rest less . ▁His ▁eng agement ▁to ▁Caroline ▁All pass , ▁announced ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁re ass ured ▁those ▁in ▁the ▁party ▁who ▁had ▁res erv ations ▁about ▁his ▁private ▁life ; ▁others ▁were ▁shock ed ▁by ▁Thor pe ' s ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁political ▁motiv ation ▁for ▁the ▁marriage — worth ▁five ▁points ▁in ▁the ▁pol ls , ▁he ▁op