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Andy Burnham has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to renew British democracy. He should take it. (Roz Savage MP)
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Why the Lib Dem Defence Bonds plan is a bad idea (Nick Baird)
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Vince Cable writes: Manchesterism and Localism (Vince Cable)
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William Wallace writes: What do Liberal Democrats have to offer the “left behind”? (Lord William Wallace)
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Battling Burnham: a Liberal Democrat response (John Armah)
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Lib Dems return to winning ways in council by-elections
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The Joy of Six 1542
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Farage in trouble again?
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Council by-election results scorecard 2026-2027
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The making of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
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Taking the goats to Lobley Hill.
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Trip to the Hoppings
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How many councillors has Reform UK lost since the May 2026 elections?
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Jonathan Liew tots up the price English cricket has paid for Bazball
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Centenary of Emily Hobhouse's death marked in Cornwall
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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.