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| Brigadier Tony Hunter-Choat | |
| 2012-04-25 | |
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 it's based on case law I thought it was "watery tarts dispensing cutlery"... /Holy Grail reference |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-04-25 18:10 |
| #6 I note a certain resemblance to Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart from Doctor Who. Probably a coincidence, given that not-yet-a-Brig. Hunter-Choat was apparently still a rising star when The Web of Fear aired. |
| Posted by: Korora 2012-04-25 15:11 |
| #5 Do you get the impression that ole Tony was a supreme bad ass and one tough son of a bitch? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-04-25 10:22 |
| #4 Pebbles. Case-law constitutions can evolve. So can the one-pagers, I suppose. I recall reading that the case law regarding Lord Haw-Haw referred to something under one of the earlier Edwards--thirteenth century or thereabouts. But, suppose SHTF and the last anointed person standing is the deputy lord lieutenant of Loamshire. There are a few of the TA. Is he going to be constitutionally in charge locally absent commo with London? IOW, is this a relict from the distant past which has not had its constitutional power excised but only superceded? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2012-04-25 09:08 |
| #3 > Since the Brits don't have a written constitution We do. It's just not on a single bit of paper. i.e. it's based on case law. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2012-04-25 08:07 |
| #2 The Brit paper "telegraph" runs half a dozen nice obits every day. Before they started to run short, I would print out one or two about Brits in WW II for my father. His unit had served with the Canadian Corp in Monty's army when first in the ETO and he liked the Imperial troops he'd met. Some of the senior ones would be anointed something like deputy lord lieutenant governor of Loamshire. Since the Brits don't have a written constitution, it occurred to me that if the SHTF, really, really hard. The ceremonial post might become real. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2012-04-25 08:01 |
| #1 A remarkable life as a soldier and a detailed and fine obituary. In that article, I learned a lot about an interesting man I never would have learned about otherwise. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-04-25 00:58 |