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In message , Martin
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In message , Mark
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I think Paddy Ashdown was the best LD party leader of recent times.

And probably the best Defence spokesman.

Maybe - but (unlike CK) PA is now an established "elder statesman" which
I
find makes it much harder to recall accurately just what he / they were
like in former days.

Well they used to call him Paddy Pants-Down..

Indeed. But I assume such behaviour is common-place and, indeed, almost
inevitable amongst our more senior politicians, given that a
pre-requisite
for climbing that particularly greasy pole is to be strongly alpha male.

How did Heath manage it then?

tim

There are plenty of film-clips showing that he waved his baton more than
adequately.

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Martin