The LDV Saturday caption competition – Bedford mayoral sensation

There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader …

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Here’s newly elected Lib Dem mayor of Bedford Dave Hodgson with party leader Nick Clegg following the sensational Lib Dem victory in the mayoral by-election – but what do you imagine they might be thinking / saying? Photo: Mark Fitzpatrick.

The winner of last week’s caption competition (according to a judging panel of one: me) – Tabman, with a highly commended placing to Simon Titley.

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14 Comments

  • john zims
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

    ‘Can you get a shot for the camera that includes Dave’s beard and sandals’

  • plumbus
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    Clegg – If I grew a beard……

  • Andy H
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

    Nick “As I once told GQ magazine, I always put in a good performance in Beds.”

  • Name supplied
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 6:34 pm | Permalink

    Henry Vann doing his best Nick Clegg lovechild impersonation

  • Harry Viderchi
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 6:42 pm | Permalink

    Ian Horner (the elderly Campaigns Officer in the background) is saying “Why the f**k has Clegg turned up, we could have been in the pub hours ago” ;-)

  • Posted 17th October 2009 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

    Henry Vann: “Would it help my chances in 2010 if I grew a beard too?”

  • crewegwyn
    Posted 17th October 2009 at 9:37 pm | Permalink

    NC : And if you shaved off the beard you might win next time ….

  • Posted 18th October 2009 at 12:05 am | Permalink

    Don’t worry about him: he’s with us – it’s just that he’s forgotten his rosette.

  • Posted 18th October 2009 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    “I’ve already advised Dave against Pugin wallpaper for the mayor’s parlour.”

  • Ruth Bright
    Posted 18th October 2009 at 7:52 pm | Permalink

    Clegg: ‘For goodness sake not the biscuit question again. I told you – I like Hobnobs, Dave likes Rich Tea and Henry here will just have a nice rusk’.

  • thomthumb
    Posted 19th October 2009 at 12:52 am | Permalink

    Bedford caption competition – “Hey, I’m atalking here…who dis guy wid no rosette?…He wid you, Henry?…Then go show him how he can support our new bypass.

  • Cheryl Green
    Posted 19th October 2009 at 9:30 am | Permalink

    “Are you going to tell him his flies are undone Henry or shall I?

  • Posted 19th October 2009 at 11:53 am | Permalink

    Man on left: “Gordon’s aliiiiive??”

  • Ed
    Posted 20th October 2009 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

    Yes, we pay Iain Dale a small retainer to manage Tory selection events. But we are rather hoping they take him on full time to run their General Election campaign.

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