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Tag Archives: Jeremy Thorpe

2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
History / Politics

2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)

Posted on 1 January 2022 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading →

Revive 45: February 1974
Culture

Revive 45: February 1974

Posted on 24 February 2019 by Alwyn Turner • 3 Comments

ALWYN TURNER remembers the music from the days of Harold Wilson’s third election victory. Continue reading →

Election night highlights: 1974
History / Politics

Election night highlights: 1974

Posted on 31 May 2017 by Paul Saffer • 6 Comments

What should we trust: astrology or an exit poll? PAUL SAFFER seeks the answer. Continue reading →

Sulk and pout
Politics

Sulk and pout

Posted on 5 January 2017 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

Political winds not blowing your way? PAUL SAFFER looks at those who slipped down the greasy pole with a good old sulk. Continue reading →

Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts
History / Politics

Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts

Posted on 19 September 2016 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER on the lessons today’s Lib Dems can learn from their forebears. Continue reading →

‘Nobody’s poodles’: Liberals speak out
History / Politics

‘Nobody’s poodles’: Liberals speak out

Posted on 17 September 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A century of Liberals and Lib Dems, summed up in 30 quotes. Continue reading →

Referendum ad hominem
Politics

Referendum ad hominem

Posted on 22 June 2016 by Sam Harrison • Leave a comment

For SAM HARRISON, the referendum choice is not which future, but whose. Continue reading →

Harold be thy name
History / Politics

Harold be thy name

Posted on 11 March 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

A selection of quotes by and about Harold Wilson. Continue reading →

A Liberal intervention
Politics

A Liberal intervention

Posted on 21 September 2015 by Paul Saffer • 4 Comments

After the Liberal Democrats’ humiliation in May, PAUL SAFFER thinks they might have to look back to go forward. Continue reading →

Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?
Politics

Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?

Posted on 18 August 2015 by Sam Harrison • Leave a comment

The Labour Party has sinned in thought, word and deed, says SAM HARRISON. Now it’s ready for some old-time religion. Continue reading →

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    Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned
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    'Read this and get angry'
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    Two wrongs don't make a writer
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    Calling all cliches: Wielding the knife
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    2016 Politician of the Year (undead)
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    The greatest living Englishmen
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    'Seagrove will run': The Oympian I knew
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    The arrest of Oscar Wilde
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    Endeavouring to learn
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