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Dame Floella Benjamin heads Lib Dems in New Years Honours

The New Year’s Honours have been published and Baroness Floella Benjamin becomes a Dame for services to charity.

The former Play School presenter, now a Lib Dem Peer, spent the weekend after the election on the phone consoling defeated Lib Dem candidates. A friend of mine who received a call from her was absolutely delighted.

Kishan Devani, who joined us from the Conservatives a couple of years ago and was our candidate in Montgomeryshire at the election gets a British Empire Medal. Thanks to Peter Taylor for telling us.

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