Showing posts with label David Penhaligon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Penhaligon. Show all posts
Sunday, September 13, 2026

John Pardoe, Margaret Thatcher and antisemitism in Finchley

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Embed from Getty Images The photograph above is captioned on Getty Images: British Liberal Party politician John Pardoe with his wife Joyce,...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

From Liberator: Such people write about Lincolnshire as though they were Victorian explorers or missionaries

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The new Liberator - issue 429 - is out and can be downloaded free of charge from the magazine's website. As well as Lord Bonkers' D...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

John Pardoe endorses Ben Maguire, the Lib Dem candidate for North Cornwall

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Ben Maguire is the Liberal Democrat in the North Cornwall constituency. Today he tweeted this endorsement from John Pardoe. A sweet young th...
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

David Penhaligon on Desert Island Discs

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Embed from Getty Images Having blogged about John Pardoe's appearance on Desert Island Discs, I'd better do the same for my other...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

What we owe to Charles Kennedy

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View image | gettyimages.com When David Penhaligon died so suddenly in 1986 the grief was widespread, reaching far beyond the Lib...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Are all Liberal leadership contests Steel vs Pardoe?

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#515846365 / gettyimages.com I was not a member of the Liberal Party in 1976 because there was no branch in Market Harborough to ...
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Monday, February 03, 2014

Remembering David Penhaligon

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This project, hosted by the Cornish Audio Visual Archive, Cornish Story and the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter, ...
Saturday, April 06, 2013

Susan Penhaligon leaves the Liberal Democrats

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The Western Morning News reports that the actress Susan Penhaligon has left the Liberal Democrats: "I feel slightly betrayed by the ...
Monday, October 15, 2012

Queen, Liberals and badgers

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Adrian Sanders tweeted this picture of himself and Brian May earlier today. It was taken at a Westminster meeting to plan the campaig...
Monday, June 11, 2012

Six of the Best 253

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"David Penhaligon is one my heroes. You can’t be a Cornishman and not have a soft spot for the man. He had the passion, humour, grace ...
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Thursday, August 05, 2010

Queen drummer Roger Taylor's first gig was organised by Truro Liberals

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Or very nearly his first gig at least. Trawling the net I came across the blog Queen in Cornwall , which tells us: Prior to joining 'Smi...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Lib Dem Conference 2009: An armchair view

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It takes more than a failure to attend the Conference to stop me writing for Liberal Democrat News. This column appears to today's issue...
Friday, April 25, 2008

Lord Bonkers on Matthew Taylor, Nick Clegg and GQ

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From Liberator 325. Monday Well, well, well. So the story has finally come out. I suppose it was inevitable. The name "Percy Harris...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Norman Baker and the Uckfield to Lewes line

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A friend of mine once attended a meeting addressed by the late David Penhaligon in the days when he Liberal transport spokesman. Someone ask...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Lord Bonkers' Diary: Matthew Taylor gets a long spoon

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Friday Matthew Taylor arrives at the Hall to pick my brains about rural housing. I am pleased to be able to tell him that there is a good tu...