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Choosing a new leader in Wales: why the process matters (Steve Aicheler)
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What can the Liberal Democrats learn from New Zealand’s Opportunity Party? (Daniel Duggan)
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Is the NHS still safe enough – and if not, what needs to change? (Judy Abel)
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Ed Davey quizzed on EU, slavery reparations and Lib Dem relevance (Caron Lindsay)
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Scottish Lib Dems defeat SNP on Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill (Caron Lindsay)
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The historic link of the monarchy to the slave trade
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The ghosts of Naseby Battlefield
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The old Pontesbury magistrates court and police house are for sale
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Cllr Kieran Dams, previously with Greens, joins Lib Dems
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Oh no, it can't be Christmas already.
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The Joy of Six 1601
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Labour's freeze on housing benefit to increase poverty
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Alan Jelfs
Well, Zack Polanski and the Greens shows why opening up the eligibility for leadership may not be a good idea....
Mick Taylor
@TristanWard. Growth and doing something about climate change are of course incompatible. I despair that our leaders call for growth rather than the obvious alt...
Alex Macfie
PS The policy document mentions "securing rights to human review and transparency in AI decision-making". This is something that is urgently needed, as anyone w...- Alex Macfie
I took a look at Opportunity's digital policy and it's exactly what the Lib Dems should be saying. https://www.opportunity.org.nz/digital-future See also htt... 
Christopher Holley
We need a leader who needs to be in parliament/senate to have the gravitas that the party requires to get far more representation in the media we keep on fallin...
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I’ve never forgotten the juxtaposition of signs which appeared on a farm gate in Worplesdon, Woking during the 1964 General Election.
Reading from the top, they declared;
“Manure One Shilling a Bag.
Vote Cranley Onslow
Conservative”
I forget the context, but he was once famously referred to as Sir Crapley Onslow.
This is worth a real cheer.
Anyone remember the Tory posters in the Winchester by election where the losing tory Gerry Malone won High Court battle to rerun the electionary without the support of the local tory association? His posters were amended to read Gerry Alone.
@ Kay Kirkham. I don’t recall seeing one of those. However, I did see one on which the photo of Gerry Malone had been embellished with a pair of horns and the words “is evil” had been added beneath his name.
During the 1997 General Election the Tories in South West Surrey opted for large diamond shaped stake boards in support of:
Virginia
Bottomley
Some of them succumbed to the surgical removal of the right-hand corner. As Chair of the local LibDems at that time, I never did discover the culprit(s), although I did have my suspicions.