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Burnham has left a gap on tax. We should run through it. (Tom Reeve)
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Should the Liberal Democrats support “None of the Above”? (Samuel Jackson)
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Extending the school day: A catalyst for economic growth (Edward Marsh)
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An open letter to Andy Burnham (Tony Vickers)
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Four challenges in Andy Burnham’s in-tray (Callum Robertson)
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Dennis Potter's 1975 dramatisation of Angus Wilson's Late Call
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Richard Dadd and Victorian treatment of lunatics
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Long, long ago on a Policy Working Group far, far away...
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Andy Burnham's bounce
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Birthright
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Lib Dems should target becoming largest party in local government (LDN#212)
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The Joy of Six 1552
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Trump offended by key Burnham appointment
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Hywel
Increasing the basic threshold by £1000 will make someone on £40,000pa £200 a year better off whilst doing nothing for someone on £12000 a year though. "...
Tony Vickers
Not higher taxes but different taxes. We said in our 2015 manifesto we'd look at how (not whether) to introduce a Land Value Tax within a single Parliament. Co...
Peter Martin
@ Daniel, You could have a point. Do you mean the government of the Federal Republic Of Germany? They certainly adopted the position of speaking for the ...
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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.