Paddy Ashdown was the leader of the Liberal Democrats at that time. The party wasn’t doing very well. Plus ca change (he writes in 2019)…
THANK DEVON FOR LIBERALS
(To the Tune of “Thank Heaven For Little Girls”)
INTRO
When Paddy Ashdown took the lead,
In 1987;
He saw the Parliamentary map,
And smiled and said,
CHORUS – PADDY ASHDOWN
Thank Devon for Liberals,
For Devon has the seats we tend to get;
Thank Devon for Liberals,
Tho’ my own Yeovil seat’s in Somerset.
Those by-election gains elsewhere that so astonish,
When it’s a general,
They stall,
And quickly vanish.
Thank Devon for Liberals,
Be thankful for Torquay,
Where we can hold our photo jogs,
Forget about the Fascist
Isle of Dogs.
Here is Maurice Chevalier singing Thank Heaven For Little Girls:
Here is a link to the lyrics of thank Heaven For Little Girls.