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What can we really do to influence the situation in the West Bank? (Alan Juriansz)
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Welcome to Lib Dem Friends of Gaelic Language and Culture (Caron Lindsay)
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Going for four in a row in Scotland (Grant Toghill)
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Lib Dems call for action on smart spectacles – some constructive feedback (Caron Lindsay)
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AI has moved from future threat to present reality (Sean Worrell)
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Sarah Olney: I would like to be next Lib Dem London Mayor candidate
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Lisa Smart calls for police to investigate Reform's James Orr
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That Channel 4 News report on Reform UK and illicit funding in full
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Charles Masterman and Charles Dickens on 19th-century poverty
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The Joy of Six 1571
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Same old, same old from Farage
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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.