Category Archives: Photo feature

PHOTO FEATURE: Chesham and Amersham by-election

By Paul Walter | Tue 22nd June 2021 - 10:41 am

It seems timely to show some of the excellent Getty Images which are available, depicting the Chesham and Amersham campaign. Scroll down to view them all or click on them individually to view them within the Getty Images website.

Statues that work

By Ruth Bright | Tue 16th June 2020 - 3:00 pm

No-one could call Eastleigh Town Centre a pretty place.

But something that Eastleigh gets exactly right is its statues. There is the generic son of industrial toil: the Railwayman, tribute to the town’s railway heritage. Then there is Charlotte Yonge, a Victorian novelist who named the town. Charlotte is very unusual in England – a female statue who isn’t Queen Victoria, a minor nineteenth century royal or a mythical angel type figure on a war memorial (though Eastleigh has one of those too).

Here they both are (above), Charlotte and the Railwayman, …

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Showing her customary resilience, Jo Swinson marks the new decade with a flurry of reflective tweets

By The Voice | Wed 22nd January 2020 - 2:05 pm

Something you may have missed: On 31st December, Jo Swinson reflected on the last decade with a Twitter thread of photos, concluding by looking forward to the new decade with the words:

Whatever the next decade holds, I look forward to meeting it head on.

Becoming engaged to and marrying Duncan… pic.twitter.com/Aw9A7IsaJa

— Jo Swinson (@joswinson) December 31, 2019

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In pictures: Hugh Grant campaigning for Chuka Umunna and Luciana Berger

By Paul Walter | Tue 3rd December 2019 - 10:30 am

Here, from Getty Images, is a slideshow of Hugh Grant’s visit to support Chuka Ummuna yesterday, and Luciana Berger on Sunday evening.

Please use the arrows to go back and forwards across the slideshow, and hover your mouse or finger over each photo to read its caption:

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The staggering amount of steelwork used in the Great Western railway electrification

By Paul Walter | Mon 26th August 2019 - 1:30 pm

I’m grateful to Andy Hyde who left this comment on our recent HS2 article by Peter Wrigley:

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Photo special: Celebrations at the Brecon & Radnorshire HQ

By Paul Walter | Sun 4th August 2019 - 1:36 pm

Jane Dodds celebrates victory with helpers at the Brecon campaign HQ in the early hours of Friday 2nd August

Many thanks to Callum Littlemore for letting us show some of his behind-the-scenes photos, from Friday morning, at the Brecon and Radnorshire campaign HQ in Brecon.

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Photo special: Brecon and Radnorshire victory

By Paul Walter | Fri 2nd August 2019 - 9:37 am

Here are some photos, via Getty Images, from last night and this morning, showing celebrations in Brecon and Radnorshire. Scroll down to see more photos. Hover over the photo to see the full caption, or click on the photo to go to its origin on the Getty Images website. The first photo below shows Jo Swinson speaking in the constituency at 8 o’clock this morning:

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Good luck to everyone for a happy London Pride 2019 today!

By The Voice | Sat 6th July 2019 - 12:55 pm

Looking forward to photographing @LibDems at Pride today. #Pride #PrideInLondon #pridejubilee pic.twitter.com/7wDWrSWi3M

— John Russell (@john4london) July 6, 2019

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Fun holiday photo quiz: And the winner is…..

By Paul Walter | Mon 13th August 2018 - 12:55 pm

Thanks to everyone who took part in our fun quiz on Friday – and to those who thought about it but were stumped by it!

We showed the photo above, which I took on my recent holiday. We asked you to name the location of the photo, which was mentioned wittily in a distinguished Liberal MP’s auto-biography.

The answer was Bergen railway station in Norway, which Jo Grimond, Liberal party leader 1956-1967, mentioned in his auto-biography (see below).

The first person to give the correct answer in our comments threads was Charles Dundas. Charles receives the accolade of “LDV Super Anorak” and a “very good” condition copy of Jo Grimond’s said memoirs.

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Today’s fun quiz – an extra prize and some clues

By Paul Walter | Fri 10th August 2018 - 1:50 pm

It seems I have stumped the complete Liberal Democrat Voice readership with my fun photo quiz from this morning.

Here is a wider version of the scene pictured this morning. This should give you a clue as to the category of location that we are talking about…

I took this photo while on my holiday last week.

Can you guess where it was taken? It is a location mentioned wittily in a distinguished Liberal MP’s auto-biography.

Another clue is that the Liberal MP in question was a leader of the Liberal Party.

Please use the comments …

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Fun holiday snap quiz – can you recognise the location mentioned in a famous Liberal’s autobiography?

By Paul Walter | Fri 10th August 2018 - 10:45 am

I took this photo while on my holiday last week.

Can you guess where it was taken? It is a location mentioned wittily in a distinguished Liberal MP’s auto-biography.

Please use the comments field below to have a stab at the answer.

Comments will be held in our “pending” file until 3pm and then released to reveal the winner.

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Photo feature: Ballot box goes off to Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, a day early due to the ferry schedule

By Paul Walter | Wed 7th June 2017 - 4:35 pm

Some great photos from Getty Images (click on the arrows to see the slide show) which give a great view of the workings of democracy on “these islands” (as they say).

Mandy Hassan, an assistant area electoral officer for Antrim and mid Ulster, accompanies the ballot box on the ferry destined for Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. There are 99 voters on the island and they usually have a 80% turnout.

Update 8/6: I changed the title upon sage advice from locals. Weather concerns were not a factor.

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Slideshow: Bonnie the Lib Dem cockapoo captures the spotlight in Cambridge

By Paul Walter | Sun 30th April 2017 - 10:30 am

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LDV Halloween pumpkin photo competition

By The Voice | Mon 24th October 2016 - 12:25 pm

Donald Trump pumkin by Alex Cole-Hamilton
It’s that time of the year again.

Could you please send us photos of your Halloween pumpkins?

We have had great fun with this in the past.

As a taster, here above is a rather unnerving effort produced by Alex Cole-Hamilton. We’re delighted that Alex is still finding time to keep up his Pumpkin art despite the pressures of office. This is “Trumpkin”.

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In pictures: Leaders from the archives

By Paul Walter | Thu 6th October 2016 - 11:10 am

Just delving about in the Getty Images archive, I happened upon these great images of our current leader and some of our past leaders*. Please click on the images to read the captions.

* includes predecessor parties.

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Written on lavender notepaper, outgoing Prime Minister gives honours to his mates

By Paul Walter | Mon 1st August 2016 - 2:47 pm

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This goes back to Harold Wilson in 1976 – so there is nothing new about controversial prime ministerial farewell honours lists.

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The happiest photo of the week

By Paul Walter | Thu 25th February 2016 - 11:50 am

obamas mclaurin

Official White House photo by Lawrence Jackson.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet 106-Year-Old Virginia McLaurin during a photo line in the Blue Room of the White House prior to a reception celebrating African American History Month.

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In pictures: Today in Athens

By Paul Walter | Sun 12th July 2015 - 8:13 pm

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Scenes from Athens today, as momentous discussions take place in Brussels. Scroll down to view. Hover your mouse or finger over the photo to read the caption, and/or double-click on the image to see it in context on Getty Images.

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More than just a flag….

By Paul Walter | Sat 11th July 2015 - 1:50 pm

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The Confederate Flag came down for the last time yesterday at the South Carolina State House.

It’s worth watching this speech below from South Carolina Representative Joseph Neal (thanks to Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire). It is a moving and dignified speech, which well explains the significance of the Confederate battle flag finally being consigned to a museum. He made the speech during the debate in the South Carolinian State legislature on the subject of the flag.

Matthew Teague writes an excellent article about the event over on the Guardian, concluding:

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Charles Kennedy – a life in pictures

By The Voice | Fri 12th June 2015 - 6:45 pm

Here’s a second chance to see a selection of photos which we posted shortly after the news of Charles’ death came through.

Scroll down to view. Hover your mouse over the image to see the caption and click on it to see similar pictures on Getty Images.

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More images from Charles Kennedy’s funeral service

By The Voice | Fri 12th June 2015 - 5:30 pm

Scroll down to view. Hover your mouse, or run your finger, over the image to see the caption and click on it to see similar pictures on Getty Images.

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Images from Charles Kennedy’s funeral service

By The Voice | Fri 12th June 2015 - 2:22 pm

Scroll down to view. Hover your mouse, or run your finger, over the image to see the caption and click on it to see similar pictures on Getty Images.

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Charles Kennedy – a life in pictures

By The Voice | Tue 2nd June 2015 - 10:04 am

This was put together with tears in our eyes.

Scroll down to view. Hover your mouse over the image to see the caption and click on it to see similar pictures on Getty Images.

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Photo gallery of Liberal and Liberal Democrat women past and present

By Paul Walter | Sun 31st May 2015 - 6:13 pm

Through the wonderful archive of Getty Images, here is a smattering photographs of prominent Liberal and Liberal Democrat past and present. Scroll down to view. Roll your mouse or put your finger on the photo to read its caption. You can also click on the photo to see it at the Getty Images site with similar photographs.

And yes, I know that Shirley Williams was in the Labour party at the time of the first photo.

If you think I’ve missed out anyone you’d like to see a photo of here, please let me know in the comments and I’ll add them (if appropriate).

I would have liked to have featured Enid Lakeman, Elizabeth Shields, Margaret Wintringham, Liz Lynne, Jackie Ballard, Diana Maddock and Ray Michie but I couldn’t find any useable Getty Images of them.

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The vintage image on one of those new photo membership cards – Churchill and Lloyd George as Liberal colleagues

By Paul Walter | Wed 13th May 2015 - 10:55 am

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There has been considerable interest in the series of new photo party membership cards. When you sign up these days, you can choose from a range of around a dozen cards featuring photos of Liberal and Liberal Democrat heroines and heroes, past and present.

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Sal Brinton joins the elite triple badge ranks of Team 2015 #mademy10 #ldconf

By Paul Walter | Sun 15th March 2015 - 12:41 pm

Earlier this morning, I photographed Lib Dem President Sal Brinton (above) as she made her third batch of phone calls at the Team 2015 phone bank. So she won her third badge at the Liverpool conference. It’s great to see Sal leading from the front.

Update: Quick addition from Caron just to say that sitting next to Sal is Kirsten Johnson who has become a fairly regular contributor to LDV.

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