Joseph's statement was probably the only thing that stopped him, rather than Thatcher, being PM.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Friday, 24 October 2014 11:44 (nine years ago) link
the Joseph speech was from 1974, there is some interesting background here:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n14/peter-clarke/the-antagonisers-agoniser
― soref, Friday, 24 October 2014 11:46 (nine years ago) link
The last event I went to was the MIPIM awards. Michael Heseltine, a key figure in the sale of millions of council houses, was awarded a ‘lifetime achievement award’. ‘My whole career has been about property,’ he said. ‘I love property.’ He got a standing ovation.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 24 October 2014 12:56 (nine years ago) link
we're voting for most integral/quintessential/entertainingly malevolent here right
the notion of having to root for one of these cunts is astonishing & sad
mind u stevas seemed sorta ok
― pecker shrivellage (imago), Friday, 24 October 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
The notion of voting at all in this thread amuses me.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 24 October 2014 13:05 (nine years ago) link
The only one there I've never even heard of is Nicholas Edwards.. oh Secretary of State for Wales, that explains it. Not sure I know who Mark Carlisle is either.
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Friday, 24 October 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Back in London he noticed that ‘a curtain had come down’. Thatcher’s press secretary, Bernard Ingham, described Biffen as a ‘semi-detached’ member of the cabinet. Asked to respond, Biffen used a more forthright metaphor. ‘I said I thought Ingham was the sewer not the sewage.’ As soon as Thatcher secured her third victory in 1987, Biffen got the boot. Yet he acknowledges his debt to Ingham for providing a title for his book.
― milord z (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
I have a copy of that Francis Pym book! I bought it from the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester when I went there to see Momus perform
― soref, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
http://www.kattene.net/DSC00207.jpg
― sarahell, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/849591196163444f369373d01bfb6919d412ff71/0_106_2328_1398/master/2328.jpg?w=1920&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=00c842c85b77aa31914e10694d75aaa6
― figuratively if not literally crushed by boxes of despair (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 01:05 (eight years ago) link
so what's the story there then
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 03:32 (eight years ago) link
n/m, found it
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/30/thatcher-tried-to-block-bad-taste-public-health-warnings-about-aids
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Wednesday, 30 December 2015 03:33 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/pvpfF8d.jpg
― сверх (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cg9vJf2W4AIbfIb.jpg
― hot doug stamper (||||||||), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link