XPost: alt.talk.royalty, alt.gossip.royalty   
   From: banana@REMOVE_THIS.borve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In article <1153616888.923154.199500@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,   
   volcaran  writes   
      
   >banana wrote:   
   >> In article <1153607569.670805.181830@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,   
   >> volcaran  writes   
   >> >banana wrote:   
   >> >> In article <44c1c78f$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, mikey D   
   >> >>  writes   
      
      
      
   >> It kind of reminds me of when they announced they'd abolished the office   
   >> of 'Lord' Chancellor, only to issue a rapid retraction.   
   >   
   >The Lord Chancellor is the Queen's representative in the Lords, next   
   >time Blair & Co will learn it is best to consult before making   
   >premature announcements so they don't end looking like fools.   
      
   If press officers at either Downing Street or Buckingham Palace were to   
   admit what really happened, i.e. the 'royal' family stepped in and told   
   the 'government' to 'reverse what you just said, and pronto!', BOTH   
   would look like fools.   
      
   --   
   banana     "The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you   
               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)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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