I need help with an anecdote from the annals of the House of Lords. I
heard it from a linguistics professor years back but don't remember the
details.
Two members of parliament were engaged in a debate during which the first
insulted the second in a particularly vicious manner, and the second
demanded (or the first was ordered to give) an apology. The apology went
like this:
"I called the Right Honorable Lord So-and-So a liar it is true and I am
sorry for it. And the Right Honorable Lord So-and-So may punctuate as he
pleases."
Do any of you have any idea where I might find a record of this anecdote
and who the individuals involved were?
Since there are a lot of members of the UK on this list, I thought it
might be a good place to ask.
Thanks.
Mary Refling
Department of Italian
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
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