Black Dog in the Mail on Sunday provides an insight into the character of
Andrew Mitchell, the new Conservative chief, er, whip:
New Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell spent much of last week trying to live down his Rugby schooldays nickname of 'Thrasher'.
It won't be easy. Fellow ex-pupils say that by the time Mitchell became head of house at Rugby in the Seventies, all the boarding houses had abolished beatings - except one, Tudor, where self-proclaimed disciplinarian Mitchell was in the all-powerful position.
'The cool set had a spliff in one hand and a Hendrix LP in the other,' said a contemporary. 'Andrew had a big stick in one and a Tory manifesto in the other.'
1 comment:
People can reform. According to a contemporary (Simon Raven?), Douglas Hurd was known as Hitler Hurd at his school because of a similar approach to discipline.
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