XPost: uk.politics.parliament, uk.politics.misc   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <2lECVEcBjrNDFwK7@anywhere.demon.co.uk>, Robert Henderson   
    writes   
      
   >In message <6T+mMpAVKoNDFwZ$@borve.demon.co.uk>, banana   
   > writes   
   >>US president George W Bush was the first convicted criminal to be   
   >>elected to that office.   
   >>   
   >>When was the last time a convicted criminal was appointed to the UK   
   >>cabinet?   
   >>   
   >>(I don't mean any of the many crimes that such types commit and get away   
   >>with - I mean an official criminal conviction in a court, already on   
   >>their record at the time they were appointed).   
   >>   
   >Mmm...Charles Linton....1983....Bow Street.... RH   
      
   How did you get on, with your research on that one?   
      
   Does the allegation have any 'legs' at all?   
      
   Out of interest:   
      
     - do you know for a fact that a Charles Linton (or Charles Lynton?)   
            was convicted on an importuning charge at Bow Street in 1983?   
      
     - if so:   
            a) did the person plead guilty?   
            b) what was the sentence?   
            c) what did they give as their address?   
      
     - has anyone written to Blair and asked whether he has got any   
            criminal convictions?   
      
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               give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy-bear to   
               Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the   
               rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)   
      
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