man at dinner party may be leader of the liberal democrats 28-10-16 




a smartly-dressed man at a posh dinner party may well be tim farron, fellow guests have realised. 




suspicions began to grow that the man, who is in his mid-40s and of average height and weight, was the leader of a minority political party between the main and pudding courses. 




julian cook of devizes said: <u+201c>he<u+2019>s a tim, but that doesn<u+2019>t mean anything by itself. there are lots of tims. 




<u+201c>but when i asked what he did for a living, he replied <u+2018>aside from the obvious?<u+2019> and told me actually it<u+2019>s a very demanding position despite what happened last year, which left me no nearer. 




<u+201c>he does know nick clegg. still, i suppose so do lots of people.<u+201d> 




susan traherne, who hosted the party, admitted she has known tim since university but has never really been sure of his occupation. 




she said: <u+201c>he was planning to go into politics but i never heard anything else about it so assumed he<u+2019>d given up on the idea. but the orange tie, the general hopelessness, i should<u+2019>ve figured it out. 




<u+201c>i<u+2019>ve a dreadful feeling i was slagging off the lib dems in the kitchen earlier in the evening. i hope he didn<u+2019>t hear.<u+201d> 




tim farron said: <u+201c>oh for god<u+2019>s sake. this is like the ninth time i<u+2019>ve told them.<u+201d> 




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