tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post9028884952902522552..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: The Need for Diversity ...Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-15939310077116319192009-06-05T21:24:24.496+00:002009-06-05T21:24:24.496+00:00Can I add Caroline Flint to that list of people wh...Can I add Caroline Flint to that list of people who have never had jobs outside politics?<br /><br />I'm also reliably informed that only four current Labour MPs have ever run businesses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-18860690701791648182009-06-05T10:03:49.131+00:002009-06-05T10:03:49.131+00:00Found the Douglas Adams book, cannot find the quot...Found the Douglas Adams book, cannot find the quote.<br /><br />Maybe the old memory banks are failing...<br /><br />LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-48809509687990515632009-06-05T08:09:17.429+00:002009-06-05T08:09:17.429+00:00It would be unchivalrous of me to point out that w...It would be unchivalrous of me to point out that whereas Barbara Castle made the first rank in an era before positive discrimination, Hazel, Jackie, Harriet et al didn't. <br /><br />So I won't.TDKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-83565172498277309192009-06-04T23:08:49.878+00:002009-06-04T23:08:49.878+00:00Somewhere Ive got a biography of Douglas Adams (St...Somewhere Ive got a biography of Douglas Adams (St John's College, Cambridge). In the time immediately after graduating he had a number of what he and his contemporaries described as something like plonk jobs*. Stupid pointless jobs, answering the phone, filing, etc. In other words the sort of thing most people have to look forward to for the rest of their working lives.<br /><br />Though I retain affection for His Liberalness, the contempt for the normals leaves a jarring note.<br /><br />*I'll dig up the book and get the exact quote.<br /><br />LurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-89399969350011144502009-06-04T19:16:01.965+00:002009-06-04T19:16:01.965+00:00How come such intellectual damp squibs managed to ...How come such intellectual damp squibs managed to get into Oxbridge? Still, I bet damn few of them read Maths, Physics or Engineering.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-8988625626918653462009-06-04T18:49:12.950+00:002009-06-04T18:49:12.950+00:00the 'brightest and best', eh?the 'brightest and best', eh?The Earl of Shiltonnoreply@blogger.com