tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.comments2023-10-28T04:00:55.036-07:00Gladstone BagUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-84835126305116662792010-08-06T09:05:24.221-07:002010-08-06T09:05:24.221-07:00thank youthank youmelekler korusun 73. bölümhttp://www.izleyicitemsilcisi.com/melekler-korusun-73-bolum-izlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-14597733067669134702010-02-09T11:17:42.670-08:002010-02-09T11:17:42.670-08:00Dear Mr Gladstone
You may wish to take a peek at ...Dear Mr Gladstone<br /><br />You may wish to take a peek at another of the goings-on in Hawarden during 2009. The "Y-factor" Neighbourhood Watch Initiative. 'Twould appear that 200 years after you arrived with us an, albeit tiny, minority of folk are intent upon burning down neighbourhood schools! To the rescue, introduce, "The Y-factor" a timely reminder that the solutionJohn Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323318280352301470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-23844676894565666352010-02-09T11:14:04.154-08:002010-02-09T11:14:04.154-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323318280352301470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-2932441863002576222009-12-28T14:09:18.453-08:002009-12-28T14:09:18.453-08:00Dear Mr Butler
It would be a pleasure to correspon...Dear Mr Butler<br />It would be a pleasure to correspond with you. I am much in admiration of your endeavours; it is with sorrow I learn I will not have the opportunity to meet you tomorrow in Liverpool.<br />WEGWEGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-32896129539678516622009-12-28T13:19:34.973-08:002009-12-28T13:19:34.973-08:00Dear Mr Gladstone
How lovely to read -on your bir...Dear Mr Gladstone<br /><br />How lovely to read -on your birthday- of your personal approbation of my work. I did intend today, for my camera and I to go to Liverpool to see the Deputy Mayor place a wreath on your memorial, but inclement Hawarden weather and a touch of the chills precluded that. <br /><br />My film archive project is almost complete. In due course, all will be deposited at the John Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323318280352301470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-84413185083319728082009-11-09T21:52:05.731-08:002009-11-09T21:52:05.731-08:00Wow... Excellent dear, great post!! there is so in...Wow... Excellent dear, great post!! there is so information on this blog, keep posting like this so that i can come back every day for some new topic...<br /><a href="http://www.page3fashion.org" rel="nofollow">High fashion</a> <a href="http://www.fashiontrigger.info" rel="nofollow">Ladies wear Designer</a><br /><a href="http://www.garmenttradefairs.com" rel="nofollow">for apparel fairs</a> <a Fashionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16953849691649698279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-37827728575880003382009-06-05T15:41:08.715-07:002009-06-05T15:41:08.715-07:00My dear sir, I have been studying these matters wi...My dear sir, I have been studying these matters with some interest tonight. There are some clever professors skilled in modern mathematics who can tell us the true picture. It appears the Conservatives have cleverly manipulated the story by concentrating forces on the remote and beautiful county of Devon, removing some 19 Liberal councillors.<br /><br />We are told that in total the Liberal vote WEGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-8023843800528641362009-06-05T12:58:27.072-07:002009-06-05T12:58:27.072-07:00Well, it seems that Brown will hang on, even as th...Well, it seems that Brown will hang on, even as the Conservatives gain at Labour's expense. I was very sad <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8086120.stm" rel="nofollow">the chart here</a> that showed the Liberal Democrats actually lost seats and one whole Council.<br /><br />My question, in light of Labour's loss and my own (admittedly biased) perception of the Tories Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-75229317649602352862009-06-02T15:06:54.347-07:002009-06-02T15:06:54.347-07:00My Dear Gladstone -
First, may I say I devoutly ...My Dear Gladstone - <br /><br />First, may I say I devoutly wish for your prophecy to be fulfilled. Your Kingdom is in dire need of wisdom, competence, and balance. I, like you, see none of those qualities in either Labor or the Tories. My best wishes to the Liberal Democrats in your upcoming elections. This being said, by the way, from someone who would wish for a more vibrant, Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-56232642522296390972009-05-20T13:11:36.737-07:002009-05-20T13:11:36.737-07:00This is an excellent exposition by Mr George Turne...This is an excellent exposition by <A HREF="http://www.libdemvoice.org/opinion-the-worst-outcome-of-mps-expenses-a-victory-for-the-far-right-14873.html" REL="nofollow">Mr George Turner.</A>WEGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09681670161901860117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-57297342292451160772009-05-11T16:29:00.000-07:002009-05-11T16:29:00.000-07:00I heard about this on BBC World Service over the w...I heard about this on BBC World Service over the weekend, also how most of the British public no longer believes its own government (this from a member of Mr. Brown's cabinet, no less). Tossing the bum's out would be an excellent idea, except I believe that it would be the Tories, and not your beloved Liberal Democrats who would benefit (although if no one gets a majority, could a coalition Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-72614465431997801042009-04-18T08:55:00.000-07:002009-04-18T08:55:00.000-07:00Sadly, my dear Gladstone, it would seem that is ex...Sadly, my dear Gladstone, it would seem that is exactly what he is going to do.<br /><br />Part of the reason, I suspect stems from a certain sense of restraint. During the very early months of the first Bush Administration, many critics noticed that it bent over backwards being the anti-Clinton Administration. Without comment, study, or forethought, they simply reversed course across the boardGeoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-17685698137242175952009-03-10T15:02:00.000-07:002009-03-10T15:02:00.000-07:00It seems to me that you are urging what is being c...It seems to me that you are urging what is being called here in the US a socialization of the benefits, while privatizing the costs of rescuing the banking sector. Of course, we have a few dolts in government here - Sen. Richard Shelby from Alabama and Sen. John McCain from Arizona - who are advocating simple bankruptcy of failed banks (which they do not seem to understand is actually happening Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-77191575189547963892009-03-04T14:50:00.000-08:002009-03-04T14:50:00.000-08:00Sorry for the double posting, but I thought I woul...Sorry for the double posting, but I thought I would add this in. I knew a graduate student in American history who was doing a thesis the center of which was editing the journal of a 19th century American woman whose family traveled from Massachusetts to Oregon. As background for the edition, she studied social trends in marriage law and other gender-related topics current at the time. Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-8805651694331858262009-03-04T14:47:00.000-08:002009-03-04T14:47:00.000-08:00Here in the US, there has been much breast-beating...Here in the US, there has been much breast-beating and garment rending over the twin issues of abortion and teen pregnancy. Far too often, it seems to me, these two issues are discussed without any reference to historical trends, or the simple reality that young people, under the age of majority, have acted thus for quite a while, and will continue to do so as biological imperatives overwhelm Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-68766351042302232192009-02-27T01:39:00.000-08:002009-02-27T01:39:00.000-08:00A classic moral panic. We used to have a woman pr...A classic moral panic. We used to have a woman professor here (probably not something you would have come across when in charge!) whose speciality was family type statistics. At one point she was chair of the relevant funding council as well.<BR/><BR/>I remember very clearly in her professorial lecture her telling us that actually there has never been a higher average age of first child, that Jock Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-80306412905046832802009-02-04T15:06:00.000-08:002009-02-04T15:06:00.000-08:00"Disapeerages"! - The Churchill family always disp..."Disapeerages"! - The Churchill family always displayed some talent with words. It is my understanding that the reforms you mention took place and that members of the great families now have to vote between themselves to decide who shall sit in the Other Place. Subsequent to that it was suggested, and indeed made the subject of investigation by the constabulary, that a number of new peers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-9907453047975104572009-02-04T14:49:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:49:00.000-08:00I stand corrected, then. It is reminiscent, then,...I stand corrected, then. It is reminiscent, then, of Mr. Churchill's lament that what was needed was not more peerages, but perhaps some disapeerages.<BR/><BR/>I remember seeing a speech by a Labor member of the upper house early in Mr. Blair's first government, speaking on Reform, and one point he returned to was removing certain voting rights from hereditary peers, reserving them for life Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-3344293944729633982009-02-04T13:10:00.000-08:002009-02-04T13:10:00.000-08:00The House of Lords has every say in the constructi...The House of Lords has every say in the construction of legislation, sir. It can insert amendments, delete sections and continue to hold the Government to ransom over the passage of laws. It is true the present government has made limited reforms; but it is dependent on a process of appointment and patronage, a process that has been subject to abuse for the majority of the past 100 years so far Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-11028052585646817872009-02-04T12:29:00.000-08:002009-02-04T12:29:00.000-08:00It was my impression that Mr. Blair's government a...It was my impression that Mr. Blair's government altered not only the balance against hereditary peers, but even the constitution of Britain by allowing non-conformist clerics in to the upper chamber. As the House of Lords has little say in the construction of legislation as it is, of what consequence would the appointment, or even election, of peers be, other than a further altering of the Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-32131134347166814222009-01-29T04:32:00.000-08:002009-01-29T04:32:00.000-08:00I believe it is possible for the public to visit S...I believe it is possible for the public to visit St Deiniol's, although for the most part it is reserved for scholarly study. You would be advised to use the telephone to ensure admittance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-12022501629996572922009-01-25T02:59:00.000-08:002009-01-25T02:59:00.000-08:00I hope one day to make a trip to Great Britain, an...I hope one day to make a trip to Great Britain, and among my destinations will be a pilgrimage to Hawarden. Is St. Deiniol's open to the public? Is your library available for study? I would be thrilled to stand and hold, even if only for a moment, a book of yours.Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-58733396392240589582009-01-22T17:33:00.000-08:002009-01-22T17:33:00.000-08:00Indeed, not since Kennedy has an entire nation bee...Indeed, not since Kennedy has an entire nation been lifted by the words of an inaugural. Not since Roosevelt has a President looked a battered, frightened people in the eye and told them that they were suffering, that the counsels of power were aware, and that together, all of us can rise, again, to face the challenges.<BR/><BR/>I am, once again, proud to be an American facing the rest of the Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-79989284448060711022009-01-11T03:52:00.000-08:002009-01-11T03:52:00.000-08:00An admirable attempt to create clarity in the mids...An admirable attempt to create clarity in the midst of murk, my dear Gladstone. Would that we in America could do the same; I think your hope that our soon-to-be 44th President might exercise actual leadership on this question is misplaced. First, he is overwhelmed at the moment with the political demands of helping to right our foundering economy. The United States Congress recently passed a Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945219503797994935.post-25936059818988139802008-12-25T09:15:00.000-08:002008-12-25T09:15:00.000-08:00My Dear Gladstone, many blessings upon this day, a...My Dear Gladstone, many blessings upon this day, and all days. Soon to be 199 years old!Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.com