Comments on: Fraternal Trivia http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: josh http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96405 josh Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:48:30 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96405 Dear God! -- having not read Melanie Phillips a)for a long while and b) much at all, I got quite a jolt from that -- the Alliance isn't the only thing shuddering! I think I need a stiff drink ... Dear God! — having not read Melanie Phillips a)for a long while and b) much at all, I got quite a jolt from that — the Alliance isn’t the only thing shuddering! I think I need a stiff drink …

]]> By: Chris Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96250 Chris Brooke Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:38:44 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96250 I quite enjoyed "<a href="http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?p=1567" rel="nofollow">The Alliance Shudders</a>". I quite enjoyed “The Alliance Shudders“.

]]> By: Michael http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96249 Michael Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:36:39 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96249 <i>Ah — yes — the BBC is being misleading. </i> Well, they're now <a href="http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?p=1565" rel="nofollow">run by Hamas</a>, so what do you expect? Ah — yes — the BBC is being misleading.

Well, they’re now run by Hamas, so what do you expect?

]]> By: Jon http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96247 Jon Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:21:24 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96247 Michael Crick, on yesterday's Newsnight, improved the bid by recalling Oliver & Lord (Edward) Stanley, brothers who sat together in Cabinet for a few summer months in 1938 (Ed Stanley died shortly into the job). Michael Crick, on yesterday’s Newsnight, improved the bid by recalling Oliver & Lord (Edward) Stanley, brothers who sat together in Cabinet for a few summer months in 1938 (Ed Stanley died shortly into the job).

]]> By: Chris Brooke http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96122 Chris Brooke Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:36:17 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96122 Ah -- yes -- the BBC is being misleading. Thanks for that. Ah — yes — the BBC is being misleading. Thanks for that.

]]> By: Jon http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96119 Jon Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:16:19 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/06/28/fraternal-trivia/#comment-96119 Salisbury and Cecil were both in the Cabinet, but Cecil left in 1927. The two Chamberlains sat there together from 1924 to 1929. Perhaps the Beeb should have said the Milibands were the first 'since 1929'? Salisbury and Cecil were both in the Cabinet, but Cecil left in 1927. The two Chamberlains sat there together from 1924 to 1929. Perhaps the Beeb should have said the Milibands were the first ’since 1929′?

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