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Caron Lindsay

Susan Penhaligon backing the Lib Dems this Thursday

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 21st May 2019 - 11:11 pm

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More than four decades on, I can still remember Susan Penhaligon’s performance as Prue Sorenson in Bouquet of Barbed Wire. I watched it far too young and didn’t get most of it as the themes were way too adult but she is up there with Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who as far as I am concerned.

Susan is the cousin of Liberal MP David Penhaligon who was killed in a car crash in 1986. The shock of that day is another strong memory in my life.

She stopped supporting the party during the coalition years, but, in a tweet tonight, Vince announced that she is voting Lib Dem on Thursday.

Vince had also noticed our earlier post about Simon Callow:

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Caron Lindsay

Bamber Gascoigne: This is the essential moment to support the Lib Dems

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 21st May 2019 - 8:55 am

Last week, Katy Brand and Emma Kennedy backed the Lib Dems in the European elections. .

Last night, award winning star of stage and screen Simon Callow said he was backing us as the only party to have offered leadership and clarity on remaining in the EU.

And today, University Challenge legend Bamber Gascoigne adds his voice to the growing list of people saying that they are voting Lib Dem this time – a list that also includes former Tory Cabinet Minister Michael Heseltine and Times columnist and former Tory MP Matthew Parris.

Bamber said:

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Katy Brand and Emma Kennedy back Lib Dems for European elections

By The Voice | Thu 16th May 2019 - 6:52 am

Celebrity endorsement for the Lib Dems in the European elections:

https://twitter.com/KatyFBrand/status/1128576813289082880

And Emma Kennedy joined in:

https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1128680088990552071

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