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Celerity

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5. he is an interesting person

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 12:35 AM

Jan 2019

He started out as a hard right Tory MP, but gradually drifted to the left. In 2007, before he decided to run for the Speaker of the House of Commons, there were rumours he was going to defect to Labour.

Here is his coat of arms

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My new political muse [View all] angrychair Jan 2019 OP

My muse is the baby cannon Gothmog Jan 2019 #1

He can do much more than bellow "Order!" Denzil_DC Jan 2019 #2

Excellent! angrychair Jan 2019 #3

He puts up with a vast amount of nonsense on a daily basis, especially from the Tories, Denzil_DC Jan 2019 #4

Admittedly I no little about his politics angrychair Jan 2019 #6

As Celerity says in the reply below, he ended up on the left of the Tory Party Denzil_DC Jan 2019 #8

he is an interesting person Celerity Jan 2019 #5

Makes me like him more angrychair Jan 2019 #7

Wouldn't it be neat for someone from Congress (Nancy?) to invite him to give a little talk/speech to monmouth4 Jan 2019 #9

Yes, that would be excellent. n/t angrychair Jan 2019 #10

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