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Article: Diary
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 8, 1994
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Tories liberal with the facts
To chimes from the Birmingham City Hall clock, and artistic
shots of "a city that still carries its heritage with pride", last
Wednesday's Conservative party political broadcast went on to
eulogise "the heritage of the architect of its progress" - camera
zooms in on a monument of some local bigwig - "the Conservative
Joseph Chamberlain". The first faux pas of the local government
election campaign - because Chamberlain, a celebrated mayor of the
city, was at that stage in his career not a Conservative, but a
Liberal.
As Duncan Brack, the Lib Dems' policy director, seethed
yesterday at the misappropriation - "it's amazing that the Tories
can't find a local ...