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Here’s newly elected Lib Dem president Tim Farron preparing to launch a paper aeroplane into the debate at the party conference, as an unimpressed-looking Ed Davey, minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs, looks on. What do you think they might be saying to, or thinking about, each other?
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Tim Farron puts the Browne Review pages to good use.
“Alright, Tim, you can have a play, but be careful, that is the only thing which can land on our aircraft carriers now…”
Tim re-enacts the kamikaze scene from the film Tory! Tory! Tory!
Having secured the Presidency at the close of the vote, El Presidente Farronista pondered his next target.
Harrier replacement look quite lethal – if you got one in the eye!
ED DAVEY: What is that, Tim?
TIM FALLON: It’s the speech Nick asked me to write. He asked for it on plane paper.
ED DAVEY: DOH! Nick asked you to write it on plain paper.
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TIM FALLON: “I’ve found a use for the manifesto.”
TF: “I’m going to put Clegg in this and send him all the way to Tierra del Fuego.”
ED: “Tim, please spare a thought for us mugs who accepted government jobs.”
Tim Farron successfully foils the much spoken of terrorist hijack-attack, suggesting it may have been exaggerated for politcal effect.
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TIM FALLON : “Paper aeroplanes made from the manifesto pages are brilliant – they even do acrobatics.”
Tim (thinks): “It can only be a matter of time before they notice I’m turning into an owl.”
Ed Davey: I hope the pilot of that plane knows what he’s doing, I have a good seat.
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TIM FARRON : “Look, it’s a drone.”
ED DAVEY : “Tell me about it. Who’s on after Vince?”
“It flies up gradually and then plummets to the floor, just like our polling numbers.”
TF: They’re biodegradable, recyclable, green,
ED: Yawn.
TF: They take off and land on a sixpence, you’re old enough to remember sixpences aren’t you?
ED: Yaaaawwwwn.
TF: They fly even better than a bird of liberty.
ED: ZZZzzzz
TF: …and we can manufacture them in South Lakeland for just £30m each
ED: WHAT!! I’ll take 50.
ED: Tim don’t be an idiot
TF: I’m not the one wearing that daft watch
just make sure it hasn’t got a RR Trent 900 engine!
It’s the petition I signed saying I would vote against higher student fees.
Farron unveils independent and distinctive alternative to Trident replacement.
ED (very patiently): Tim, thank you for your suggestion, but it’s not going to be easy to persuade Vince to change the Royal Mail’s postal delivery methods.
ED “Watch out Tim, Lembit might think it is from outer space”
or
ED “And you wonder why I backed Susan Kramer”
So that’s what members did with their presidential ballot papers.
Tim Farron: “Another near miss over the Lake District and I’ll get to ask another question in parliament before the votes are counted.”