{"id":416,"date":"2005-09-21T16:20:48","date_gmt":"2005-09-21T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=416"},"modified":"2005-09-26T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2005-09-26T12:36:31","slug":"cnps-makes-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/21\/cnps-makes-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"CNPS makes the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.artesea.co.uk\/2005\/09\/conference-number-plate-spotting.html\">This post<\/a> from Ryan has been spotted by <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/4265404.stm\">the BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some bad news for those Lib Dem leaders who believe they have finally cast off the image of the party as full of anoraks and train spotters. One internet blog from a conference visitor &#8211; if not a windup &#8211; details the excitement he experienced driving to conference. &#8220;On the way across the country I managed to spot consecutively number plates 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287 and 288 a consecutive record for myself. The only problem was that I failed to find 281 first&#8221;. How on earth can Charles Kennedy compete with that once-in-a-lifetime experience. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh no, it&#8217;s not a windup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Former LibDem blogger Hazel&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk_politics\/4263998.stm\">on the site too<\/a> &#8211; with photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post from Ryan has been spotted by the BBC: Some bad news for those Lib Dem leaders who believe they have finally cast off the image of the party as full of anoraks and train spotters. 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