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Observer spots Lib Dem teen talent

By Helen Duffett | Mon 12th September 2011 - 4:43 pm

Yesterday’s Observer had a piece on future stars from the youth wings of the three main parties: Liberal Youth, Conservative Future and Young Labour.

The young people from all the parties are an inspired and inspiring bunch, but it’s striking from the magazine article’s photos that Liberal Youth are the huggiest and most diverse. Ranging from “crisp-shirted” to “he of the elongated fringe”, the Liberal Youth contingent are a mixture of ages and backgrounds. Sadly the Liberal Youth photo only made it into the print edition (magazine front page, no less) so the online version features the …

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Posted in News | Also tagged conservative future, elongated fringe, harry matthews, liberal youth, maelo manning and matt downey | 11 Comments

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