tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8276701141470874338..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Jeremy Thorpe calls for the assassination of Robert MugabeJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-43962572394624942182014-04-09T20:02:20.289+01:002014-04-09T20:02:20.289+01:00It was rumoured that Jeremy Thorpe called for the ...It was rumoured that Jeremy Thorpe called for the Atomic Bomb to be used on Rhodesian railways..talk about a sledgehammer to cracking a nut? He was known as "Bomber Thorpe" until his gay lover Norman Josiffe emerged. This was changed to "Bummer Thorpe" quite quickly for obvious reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-80777096982839320072008-07-04T10:59:00.000+01:002008-07-04T10:59:00.000+01:00Thorpe called for the bombing of the Beira pipelin...Thorpe called for the bombing of the Beira pipeline to deprive Smith's rebels of fuel, not for the bombing of any inhabited area.<BR/><BR/>But whether the RAF would have been willing to do even that if Wilson had ordered them to is an unanswered question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com