The Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron at his party's rally in Birmingham tonight, after explaining that he'll be returning straight to Cumbria tonight to campaign:
"You'll have to forgive my absence from the bar tonight, which will reduce the number of straight blokes by about 20 per cent. Still you'll cope. There's always Lembit."
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Comment number 1.
At 12th Mar 2010, stevie wrote:have the cheeky girls been binned then?
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At 12th Mar 2010, barriesingleton wrote:HEY - LEMBIT IS A PRETTY STRAIGHT KIND OF GUY, STEVIE
Strictly a 'one at a time man' wooing or binning.
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