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Caron Lindsay

All the fun of the rally

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 14th March 2026 - 10:00 am

While the Lib Dem Voice team were having delicious food in the Mason’s Arms last night, the loud and raucous Conference rally was taking place. The rally is like Glee Club and marmite and all these things you either love or don’t. I’m more on the “don’t” side because it just seems a bit like an American convention rather than a British Conference, but others love the fun and spirit and theatre of it.

I always feel like you can watch things like this later, but the chance to spend time with friends is precious so that’s what I tend to do.

So, here, for your entertainment, is all the fun of the rally.

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