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Liberal Democrats for fundraising and by-elections. Having attended a political conference in Washington DC organised by
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in 1991. This having been successful, and the company taken over by the large independent market research company Martin
Hamblin, he helped organise and conduct the Liberal Democrats' research programme through until the end of the General Election in 1997.
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Springs in Kingston and, thereafter, became a regular visitor at Honor Wyatt's house in Dalmore Road, West Dulwich, where the band lived and rehearsed. In 1968 Manzanera and MacCormick formed a band at
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in 1985 he organised the first ever computerised direct mail campaign which helped the
Liberal Party win the seat. He ran computer operations at numerous by-elections over the next six years including wins in
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