Susan Kramer for Mayor of London – the 2000 party political broadcast

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Susan Kramer for Mayor of London – the 2000 party political broadcast

By Mark Pack | Sun 16th January 2011 - 4:15 pm

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Back in 2000, Susan Kramer was the first (and in many ways most successful) Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London. Here is her party political broadcast from that campaign, featuring several familiar faces including a young Mike Tuffrey and also Susan’s husband, John, who died tragically early in 2006:

Also available on YouTube here, and for a young Lembit Opik see here.

Thanks to Pete Dollimore and Rob Fenwick for their help in rescuing this footage from an old video tape.

Read more by Mark Pack or more about lembit opik, mike tuffrey, party political broadcast or susan kramer.
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2 Comments

Stuart 16th Jan '11 - 4:22pm

I remember Susan’s constant “I’m a banker” slogan… not sure that would work so well nowadays 🙂
Nick Thornsby 16th Jan '11 - 5:43pm

It’s a good video. Is that Paddy O’Connell doing the voice-over at the end?

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