Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Gladstone's thunder-box falls into Tory hands

From Atticus in the Sunday Times:
William Gladstone’s portable lavatory has been bought at auction by antique dealer David Harvey, an Oxfordshire Conservative councillor. He now plans to display the mahogany WC on which the great Victorian leader rested his bottom.
Lord Bonkers is already organising a punitive expedition to reclaim it for the forces of Liberalism.
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4 comments:

  1. Jennie Rigg07 October, 2008 11:13

    Liberal England: always [strike]first[/strike] second with the news that matters!

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  2. Anonymous07 October, 2008 13:51

    Didn't Gladstone lose his seat in Oxford to the Tories sometime in the 19th century?

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  3. Anonymous07 October, 2008 14:51

    This is clearly a crucial artefact in the history of the Liberal movement

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  4. Anonymous07 October, 2008 18:02

    "Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall."

    (Alan Bennett, Forty Years On)

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