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From: "Roy Stockdill" <>
Subject: Re: CHAMBERLAIN..CUBBINGTON/WARWICKSHIRE
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 12:29:19 +0000
In-Reply-To: <HD+hh4iMZ18$EwV1@hyperpeople.demon.co.uk>


> From: Don Moody <>

> 'Defies categorisation' is only the polite way of saying totally bloody
> mad and off-the-wall. I never have understood the politics or philosophy
> of any of 'my' Harben ancestry or Chamberlain cousins. Neat
> classifications like 'left' and 'right' seem to be beyond the lot of
> them.>

I much prefer your description. Joseph Chamberlain sounds to me like
the sort of fellow I would have got on with!

The difference in politics today, of course, from those times is that
while it's entertaining to have these colourful oddball mavericks
around - Dennis Skinner, George Galloway, etc - no-one would dream of
ever giving them a job in government, while in the 19th century they
did.

Roy Stockdill
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advantage of them."

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