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Local liberal heroes: Roger Hayes

By Mark Pack | Wed 2nd November 2011 - 11:45 am

Earlier in the year, I penned a series of posts profiling forgotten liberal heroes (to which a couple of other people also kindly contributed), looking at some of those who achieved great things for liberalism in their time but have been unjustly forgotten – such as Margaret Wintringham, the very first female Liberal MP.

There is also another group of people who I think are often unjustly obscure – those local campaigners who are often at the heart of their local community and local party, delivering liberalism and helping others, but as their stage is a local one they are often …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged featured, kingston liberal democrats and local liberal heroes | 6 Comments

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