>I say get out the Domesday Book, have a marathon séance, and get it done
all
over properly.<
I like it.
On 8 May 2010 15:49, Uche Ogbuji <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 12:48 AM, David Bircumshaw <
> [log in to unmask]
> > wrote:
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> > >I wish UKers could direct-vote for their PM, and that I could vote, too.
> > Judy<
> >
> > I think you call one of those a President, Judy :) I don't know, but I'm
> > not
> > sure if any country that has a Prime Minister has direct public elections
> > for the post. Our 'president' , the reigning monarch, was last elected by
> > the Anglo-Saxon Witan in 1066 (I think Harold was appointed by the Witan
> > before he lost the Hastings by-election, Edward the Confessional, distant
> > ancestor of Robert Lowell, certainly was)
> >
>
> I say get out the Domesday Book, have a marathon séance, and get it done
> all
> over properly.
>
> President Henry VIII does have a certain ring to it, eh what?
>
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