tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20318764302148386462024-02-07T04:25:00.599+00:00West Midlands ConservativesWest Midlands Conservativeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04971182877755042987noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031876430214838646.post-51530148730815236482007-02-14T00:14:00.000+00:002007-02-12T12:26:34.106+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zWQleb2XXfo76vlMoRS5MZStStzfoHFWebMb997eOXw-stCvaiRF8mDPUAVOT3ejFrCNtzkwn4RRdUVC9OyWYm1ZO8xZ-xI-__DGYAb1tRKg9JH9nE1DXhEvKMiO5p2O5cvYkrOL1yE/s1600-h/We+have+moved.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031176642074705874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zWQleb2XXfo76vlMoRS5MZStStzfoHFWebMb997eOXw-stCvaiRF8mDPUAVOT3ejFrCNtzkwn4RRdUVC9OyWYm1ZO8xZ-xI-__DGYAb1tRKg9JH9nE1DXhEvKMiO5p2O5cvYkrOL1yE/s400/We+have+moved.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript">
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