Category Archives: Winchester

Winchester clock mystery solved

Enquiries by Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Martin Tod, have finally solved the mystery of the broken clock outside the old Guildhall (now Lloyds TSB bank) on Winchester High Street.

The clock is one of the most recognisable sights on Winchester’s High …

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More than 950 students back Lib Dem campaign at Winchester’s Freshers’ Fayre

More than 950 students backed the Lib Dem campaign against tuition fees at the University of Winchester’s Fresher’s Fayre on Saturday.

Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Martin Tod, commented:
“This year was even better than last year. Every year, more students back our …

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Lib Dems beat 2005 results to win 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency

On Friday, we found out that we had won 6 out of 7 seats in the new Winchester constituency.
Across the new constituency, the Lib Dem team got 48% of the vote. The Conservative vote slumped to 38%. Labour collapsed …

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A big thank you to everyone who sponsored the ‘Big Sleep Out’

Thank you to everyone who gave so generously to members of the Lib Dem Sleep Out team (or anyone else!) as part of the Big Sleep Out.
Thanks to your generosity the Lib Dem team has so far raised more than £3,800 towards the Nightshelter and the …

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Punishing bankers: the Winchester solution

A short excerpt from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (with thanks to a Private Eye, a Private Eye reader called Colin Knox – and an unnamed chronicler):
A.D. 1125.
In this year sent the King Henry, before Christmas, from Normandy to England, and bade …

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