tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post114919579984931347..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: The headline of the year?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1149239780223962282006-06-02T10:16:00.000+01:002006-06-02T10:16:00.000+01:00I merely assumed you were wisely not attempting to...I merely assumed you were wisely not attempting to declaim in dialect, even in print, and made allowances.<BR/><BR/>My earliest memory of public speaking is standing in front of the rest of St Simon’s RC Primary School and delivering <I>The Lion and Albert</I> in probably the worst Lancashire accent known to humanity (Stockport may be surprisingly close to Lancashire, geographically, but even my Stockport accent’s rubbish. I blame an American Mum, a Scottish Dad and a diet of Radio 4).<BR/><BR/>Excellent Magna Charter, though. I see she didn’t die in vain.Alex Wilcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364653159038708678noreply@blogger.com