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Paul E Ester

(952 posts) Mon Apr 8, 2013, 04:23 PM Apr 2013

Margaret Thatcher's last House of Commons Speech on November 22, 1990.

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Margaret Thatcher's last House of Commons Speech on November 22, 1990. (Original Post) Paul E Ester Apr 2013 OP

You can't have idiot MPs on the front row. Rather different than our system. Bucky Apr 2013 #1

As an American during our adolescent phase, I can now say that the mother country loudsue Apr 2013 #2

Bucky

(53,998 posts)

1. You can't have idiot MPs on the front row. Rather different than our system.

Reply to Paul E Ester (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 07:56 PM

Apr 2013

In the British system, you couldn't have a Gipper, a Dubya, or Cheney. Much as they bicker at each other, they have to get along on a personal level and those who can't play nice with others don't get close enough to the greasy pole to start a climb. Much as I love our constitution, we could learn a trick or two from these rowdy scrappy Britons.

loudsue

(14,087 posts)

2. As an American during our adolescent phase, I can now say that the mother country