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This is absolutely magnificent from Betty Boothroyd.
Every sentence a gem
Every sentence a gem
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“Would he (Gov Minister) please explain to young people who have reached adulthood why they cannot have a say on an issue our generation has manifestly bodged?
“Would he (Gov Minister) please explain to young people who have reached adulthood why they cannot have a say on an issue our generation has manifestly bodged?
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“Brexit will shape these young people’s futures for the next 50 years. Not ours.....I’ll be alright, Jack. I do not have any children. Nor any grandchildren. But what about the Jack and Jill’s out there?
“Brexit will shape these young people’s futures for the next 50 years. Not ours.....I’ll be alright, Jack. I do not have any children. Nor any grandchildren. But what about the Jack and Jill’s out there?
4/. “Are they to be stripped of their rights on the whim of those who peddled rubbish in a referendum and afraid to be challenged in another? ..
5/ “...Harold Wilson said that anyone who said that membership of the EU was a black and white issue was wither a charlatan or a simpleton. I shall leave it to your Lordships to adjudicate on that one.”
I remember her as a whip calling “Order. Order” with great authority too
I remember her as a whip calling “Order. Order” with great authority too
