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About LinkBacks- 06-04-2007, 22:24 #91
Re: Former soldier to stand for Parliament
OK, so he was an MP. Next time I'll quote the full life history not History for Dummies.
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Re: Former soldier to stand for Parliament
Thought I'd repeat this as no-one paid any attention to it the first time? It refers to Don Concannon who was also an ex-guardsman (a Coldstreamer
) and ranker,and who became an MP for Labour, though he wasn't of the IRA loving, Ban the Bomb tree-hugging variety!
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/polit...109497,00.htmlThere is always to be seen just a little strip of Green, on the left of the Thin Red Line!
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•Macaulay in his essay on Southey’s Colloquies, written in 1830:
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