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- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1986
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1986
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 May 1986
- ↑ "The Liverpool 47 Socialist Councillors and supporting Members of Parliament".
- ↑ "The English city that wanted to 'break away' from the UK". BBC News. 8 November 2014.
