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- noun UK, informal A
coach used as a mobile operational centre by a particularpolitical party during anelection campaign - noun A
bus orcoach used as a personnel carrier for combatants to deliver them to the battlefield and then rolled on its side to provide cover against firearms.
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Examples
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Four weeks later, I meet Andy Burnham (66/1 at Ladbrokes) in Glasgow at the start of a campaign-closing British tour aboard what his people have rather grandly called a battlebus, whose expense may or may not have been covered by a recent £10,000 campaign donation from the Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher.
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Oh and among the photo's on his Facebook page we had this gem, a cake with his face on the front of the "battlebus"...
John "2 Jags" Prescott I tell him to "Goforth and multiply" FIDO The Dog 2009
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i allso noticed that te fat load that is prescott has started his "battlebus" along with the hilarious eddy izard.
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It's not perfect, but it's deeply rewarding – on any day, I was able to publish almost every snippet that I thought worth sharing, which is not the case for anyone who has to squeeze material into a newspaper – and it beats sitting on a battlebus.
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After weeks aboard a battlebus that ran on recycled cooking oil, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, learned she had trounced her nearest Labour rival by 1,200 votes.
Observer Ethical Awards: Caroline Lucas, Ethical Politician Award 2010
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After weeks aboard a battlebus that ran on recycled cooking oil, Lucas arrived at the polling station at midnight on 6 May to find a three-way split between the Conservatives, Labour and the Greens.
Observer Ethical Awards: Caroline Lucas, Ethical Politician Award 2010
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“Cable will be given front-row seat on election battlebus”
Archive 2009-09-01 Thatsnews 2009
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“Cable will be given front-row seat on election battlebus”
Monday Morning Update. Scotland the not-so-brave, Labour, the Party of Cuts, Brown meets Gaddafi, Clegg under attack Thatsnews 2009
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In 1997, the Blair battlebus was the centre of the action.
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In 1997, the Blair battlebus was the centre of the action.
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