The story of David Steel and the bombing of Greenland
Written by Mark Pack on 31st March 2007 – 9:00 amA little light relief for the weekend. I’ve been reading David Steel’s party conference speech from 1976, as you do:
I have been leader of the Party for less than three months. During this short period I have not lacked advice on what I should do … These submissions have ranged from the useful through the exotic - such as the plea that I could end the nation’s drought by advocating the selected dropping of atomic bombs in Greenland - to the downright byzantine, such as that from the lady who was convinced that I could be sitting in Number 10 within the year if only I could persuade the Liberal Party to adopt as part of its manifesto the introduction of licensing for cats.
Yes, well.
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31st March 2007 at 11:03 am
go back to your igloos and prepare for winter!
xD =D
31st March 2007 at 2:28 pm
Don’t forget he also said, that he was the first Liberal Leader for 50 years to say go back to your constituency and prepare for government.
31st March 2007 at 3:09 pm
The opinion polls gave him the chance to say it.
31st March 2007 at 9:53 pm
Where can we all get a copy
PS Go back to your constituencies was somewhat latter