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Fun on the Campaign Trail #2: “Smell my spaniel”

Paul has already shown us the pictures of Bonnie, the gorgeous cockapoo who delighted everyone on Tim Farron’s visit to Cambridge the other day.

But Bonnie had a starring role in one of the funniest events of the week:

From ITV

Video footage showed Mr Farron approaching the dog, which was wearing a yellow Liberal Democrat rosette, before saying: “Smell my spaniel”.

Mr Farron owns a black and white springer spaniel called Jasper, and often posts pictures on social media of the two of them together.

It appears Mr Farron may have been suggesting that the campaigner’s dog could smell Jasper’s scent on

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One man and his dog…

While the rest of us had our feet up with a glass of wine watching Strictly, Tim Farron was putting us all to shame after a day of knocking on doors in Kendal. What is it about Lib Dem leaders and running up hills?

It takes some doing to exhaust a Springer Spaniel. I know. I have one. Tim managed it, though:

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