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19 March 2015updated 04 Oct 2023 10:23am

How can we trust the Lib Dems when they don’t know if they’re yellow or orange?

Colour confusion.

By Ian Steadman

Labour are red. The Conservatives are blue. Ukip are purple. The Greens are, well, you know. But what colour stands for the Liberal Democrats?

Look to Danny Alexander, for example, and it might appear a simple answer: it’s yellow. Above, you can see him holding that yellow briefcase he had specifically made for his awkward damp squib of an “alternative” Lib Dem budget.

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