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Ex-Lib Dem seeks to sell personalised L16 DEM number plate | |
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A former Liberal Democrat - who has defected to Labour - is now trying to sell his personalised number plate, L16 DEM. | |
Andrew Duffield, a former Lib Dem district and county councillor and parliamentary candidate, paid £250 for the plate nearly twenty years ago. | Andrew Duffield, a former Lib Dem district and county councillor and parliamentary candidate, paid £250 for the plate nearly twenty years ago. |
Mr Duffield has now removed it from his car "for obvious reasons" and has put it up for sale - for £500. | Mr Duffield has now removed it from his car "for obvious reasons" and has put it up for sale - for £500. |
He has so far been unable to find a buyer. | He has so far been unable to find a buyer. |
He said he had become increasingly irritated at what he saw as the coalition government's failure to "protect the poor and disadvantaged". | He said he had become increasingly irritated at what he saw as the coalition government's failure to "protect the poor and disadvantaged". |
Mr Duffield, who is a teacher, has stood for the Lib Dems four times at general elections, most recently in 2010 and 2005 in Hexham in Northumberland. | Mr Duffield, who is a teacher, has stood for the Lib Dems four times at general elections, most recently in 2010 and 2005 in Hexham in Northumberland. |
He has also been a Liberal Democrat councillor on Northumberland County Council and Alnwick District Council. | He has also been a Liberal Democrat councillor on Northumberland County Council and Alnwick District Council. |
He said he would be "happy to put his name forward" as Labour's candidate in Hexham at the next general election. | He said he would be "happy to put his name forward" as Labour's candidate in Hexham at the next general election. |
Labour finished a distant third in Hexham in 2010. Guy Opperman won the seat for the Conservatives. | Labour finished a distant third in Hexham in 2010. Guy Opperman won the seat for the Conservatives. |
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