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Tim Farron’s speech at the Liberal Democrat conference rally
March 12, 2011 11:53 AM
• [Mar 11] Tim Farron: SO this is the Sheffield Rally. And you know what normally happens when a party holds a Sheffield rally? Well, traditionally, some ginger bloke gets on stage, makes an absolute prat of himself, and completely wrecks his party's election chances. And I'm a great believer in tradition, so here goes . .
You know I told you last year you had to work your socks off to win at the general election? Well, the good news is that it worked - but guess what? You will have to out fight, out deliver, out canvass, out stakeboard, out spend, out think and out campaign your opponents this next eight weeks even more than before because if we don't we will not win. We will have to answer for our performance in government, we will have to reconvince many of our supporters, we will have to deal with negative attacks, we will have to sharpen our messages, but we absolutely can and will be successful.
Do you look at the polls, look at the media and curse your luck? Well, don't. Get out there and make your luck. There may be a trend, but trends are there to be bucked. Go home and buck them!
• Tim Farron's speech at the Liberal Democrat conference rally [Lib Dem Voice Mar11]
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