Hints and tips:
...Cher was sung back-up vocals on that Darlene Love song that I mentioned earlier. And Darlene Love, in fact, turns up on her version of that song on her album....
...Name your favourite river.When I was a kid, we lived in a cottage in the Ashdown Forest....
...Well, I’m afraid I’m gonna have to invest in Susan Hall . . . Lucy Fisher(Laughter) OK, tell me more....
...Miranda was press secretary to Paddy Ashdown when he was leader of the Liberal Democrats. So welcome to all three of you and thanks for joining....
...So I feel I’m loyal to Liverpool, but I’m not actually going to be there and I’m gonna let that carnage play out down the road. George ParkerOK....
...I’m mostly vegan but I call myself a “vagan” because I’m vague about it – I occasionally eat eggs and fish....
...I can remember actually zooming around in a high-security convoy at the time, helping my then boss Paddy Ashdown to campaign for a yes vote in the referendum to approve the peace deal all those years ago...
...I’m reliably informed that a group are discussing a letter to Rishi Sunak demanding the Chancellor sack the central banker only two years into an eight-year term....
...“I’m not sure she’s that relatable or likeable,” says one minister. “She is one of these people who always looks like she’s calculating.”...
...In the hands of Elizabeth Ashdown, however, embellishments are taken into the realm of contemporary art....
...It lives in a cupboard, like a dangerous animal, not because I’m snobby about its pleasures but because I’m still weirdly fearful of its power....
...(The other is Ashdown House, a nearby prep school which was attended by one of Pinnegar’s three sons.)...
...Cycling through the parks on my way to work at the Victoria and Albert Museum, I’m immersed in this poignant seasonal change....
...henry.mance@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Stubbornness over a visa led to loss of business / From Robert Ashdown...
...“I was worried when she called the election, but I’m much more confident now,” said one....
...“I’m glad there is a growing group of voices out there asking us to be more open and collaborative and work together across party boundaries where we agree,” he said....
...I’m reassembling the cabinet in exile. Our people have scattered. David Miliband in New York; James Purnell at the BBC. Not just Labour people: Ken Clarke, Paddy Ashdown, Nick Clegg, Ludwig Erhard....
...“I’m 65 years old and I might never see another Labour government. I’m thinking the Tories are going to be in for the rest of my life,” he says....
...I’m very worried about Nigeria, which has gone up from a population of about 40m to 180m now. By the end of the century, it could be 600m....
...Lord Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader, was one of the few politicians in the audience, while ex-ambassadors and lobbyists with connections to Brussels were also maintaining a low profile....
...“I’m confident that where we need to win, we are winning.”...
...Lord Ashdown says the idea of a Lib Dem capitulation in the far south west is fanciful, adding: “I’m confident that where we hold we are on a path to win — or are within reach of winning.”...
...Paddy Ashdown, 73, served as a Royal Marine and an intelligence officer before being elected MP for Yeovil in 1983....
...“It’s really the unity of the country — that’s what I’m frightened for. It’s so important to keep the SNP out.”...
...He said: “If I’m elected, so I can then start doing things . . . I can do things to help you.”...
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