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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Matthew Tempest

Paint it black

"Rat-like cunning" is not a term often thought synonymous with the cuddly Lib Dems, but it turns out they are not quite as wet-behind-the-ears as they make out.

Chatting with one party strategist yesterday, I remarked that the party's election posters (those We Oppose/We Propose numbers) were, while positive, a mite dull.

"Ah, but of course we chose to put them on a black background - making them all but impossible to graffiti", he smiled back. "Just look what has happened to the Tories ..."

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