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Zack Polanski on the Fringe (Caron Lindsay)
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Enough is enough: Women and girls deserve better (Lib Dem Women)
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To paraphrase Shakespeare’ ‘something is rotten in the state of Britain’ (Judy Abel)
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Born to be a Refugee… (Dalila Henniche Maali)
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Tom Arms’ World Review (Tom Arms)
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The Joy of Six 1561
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Conservative councillor Heather McLain joins Lib Dems
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Recycling centres to stay shut due to "high demand"
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Has a convicted fraudster moved into Reform UK party HQ?
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John Maynard Keynes: A very political economist
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Lib Dem Federal Conference: use the drafting advice service
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Is the market for flats in England/Liverpool dead?
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X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents
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Nether Hambelton emerges from beneath Rutland Water
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The targeting of journalists is a real threat to democracy
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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.