28 APRIL 1979, Page 7

CITIZENS OF BARNSTAPLE AND VOTERS OF NORTH DEVON Unaccustomed as

I am to public Speaking, I offer myself as your Member of Parliament in the General Election on behalf of the nation's dog lovers to protest about the behaviour of the Liberal Party generally, and the North Devon Constituency Liberal Association in particular. Their candidate is a man about whose attitude to dogs — not to mention his fellow human beings — little can be said with any certainty at the present time.

But it is one thing to observe the polite convention that a man is innocent until proven guilty. It is quite another thing to take a man who has been publicly accused of crimes which would bring him into the cordial dislike of all right-minded citizens and dog-lovers, and treat him as a hero.

Before Mr Thorpe has had time to establish his innocence of these extremely serious charges, he has been greeted with claps, cheers and yells of acclamation by his admirers in the Liberal Party, both at the national conference in Southport and here in the constituency. I am sorry, but I find this disgusting. I invite all the electors of North Devon, but especially the more thoughtful Liberals and dog-lovers, to register their disquiet by voting for me on 3 May, and I sincerely hope that at least 50 voters in this city will take the opportunity to do so.

Genesis XVI1126: And the LORD said If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

1 Samuel XXIV 14: After whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

Rinka is NOT forgotten. Rinka lives. Woof woof. Vote Waugh to give all dogs the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.