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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Lib Dems hoping fair electoral wind will help blow down England’s ‘blue wall’

Calum Miller sits on a bench with another man
Calum Miller, who only entered politics three years ago, is hoping to take on the new constituency for the Lib Dems. Photograph: Harry Lawlor/The Guardian

As an instant vignette highlighting just how much trouble the Conservatives might face in their English heartlands, Calum Miller’s 10 minutes or so of chats in the neat cul-de-sacs of Langford would be hard to beat.

Knocking on doors in the community on the fringes of Bicester, just north of Oxford, the Liberal Democrat candidate spoke to locals with all manner of political backstories and motivations, some who had previously voted Tory, Labour or neither, as well as those who had either backed Brexit or wished to remain.

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