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I can't believe that this isn't here already, since I thought it was one of the things he was most famous for in politics.
He was on BBC Question Time as the official govt representative (Thatcher was PM). He dept concerned arms policy and he was asked a question about it, and he criticised the govt policy!
It led to the (somewhat astonished) presenter Robin Day turning to the audience and saying;
"Does anyone want to support the Prime Minister on this issue, given that her own minister doesn't want to?"
Confirmed here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8259469.stm
(I'm fairly certain that no govt minister on the show has acted like that before or since - as I say seemingly making him quite famous for it). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 ( talk) 11:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Does anyone have a reference for the existence of this place? The article claims that it exists as a region in Africa. I would imagine that this is not true. MalachiK ( talk) 17:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MalachiK ( talk • contribs) 17:44, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
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On reflection, it does seem rather unlikely that a Tory minister would be on safari with Kenneth Williams in, ahem, Bongo Bongo land. Wouldn't you say? MalachiK ( talk) 21:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Classic!-- 80.0.46.212 ( talk) 19:18, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Motmit, rather than reverting quite a lot of work, can you say here what the issue is? These are the things that he was best known for, according to secondary sources. The lead you reverted to is very poor. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 19:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Motmit, the way you're editing is leading to very poor writing. Sticking the Kenneth Clark comment after the description of Clark losing focus is really inappropriate. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 05:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to take seriously someone who book selection on Desert Island Disks was Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy. I think the answer is no. Stikko ( talk) 11:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Made a small change to the section as it seems clear that it is the dialogue that Clark admitted to having invented rather than the phrase itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.24.224 ( talk) 12:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
As part of the team behind the film (I located some of the uniforms) I refute the suggestion the piece was inspired uniquely by this book. It was far more inspired by the revulsion caused by the persistent militarism in the wake of WWII, which thought that they and they alone were right, and by the simple statistics of the War. It was generated in a study Workshop, and matured under the guidance of Charles Chilton, who never knew his father, killed in the War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.173.156 ( talk) 12:48, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
There is no mention of "Not Alan Clark's Diaries" by Peter Bradshaw. I don't know enough to write up an entry for it. Can somebody who knows please do this? Thank you.
Peter Bradshaw intimated in his spoof columns of Clark's Diaries that Clark was a member of White's and Pratt's. Can anybody confirm this and put it in Clark's main article? Also, was he a member of any of other clubs? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows.
I've merged in the article that was at Alan Clark Diaries, done some light edits, and removed a large block-quoted section that had sourcing problems. The diaries themselves are notable but the article on them was entirely unsourced; I'm hoping this topic can get better attention as part of this article instead. If the section ends up becoming far too long or WP:UNDUE, we can spin it back out again. -- asilvering ( talk) 21:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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I can't believe that this isn't here already, since I thought it was one of the things he was most famous for in politics.
He was on BBC Question Time as the official govt representative (Thatcher was PM). He dept concerned arms policy and he was asked a question about it, and he criticised the govt policy!
It led to the (somewhat astonished) presenter Robin Day turning to the audience and saying;
"Does anyone want to support the Prime Minister on this issue, given that her own minister doesn't want to?"
Confirmed here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8259469.stm
(I'm fairly certain that no govt minister on the show has acted like that before or since - as I say seemingly making him quite famous for it). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 ( talk) 11:16, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Does anyone have a reference for the existence of this place? The article claims that it exists as a region in Africa. I would imagine that this is not true. MalachiK ( talk) 17:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MalachiK ( talk • contribs) 17:44, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
Text removed by MalachiK:-
On reflection, it does seem rather unlikely that a Tory minister would be on safari with Kenneth Williams in, ahem, Bongo Bongo land. Wouldn't you say? MalachiK ( talk) 21:27, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
Classic!-- 80.0.46.212 ( talk) 19:18, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Motmit, rather than reverting quite a lot of work, can you say here what the issue is? These are the things that he was best known for, according to secondary sources. The lead you reverted to is very poor. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 19:55, 1 April 2009 (UTC)
Motmit, the way you're editing is leading to very poor writing. Sticking the Kenneth Clark comment after the description of Clark losing focus is really inappropriate. SlimVirgin talk| contribs 05:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to take seriously someone who book selection on Desert Island Disks was Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy. I think the answer is no. Stikko ( talk) 11:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Made a small change to the section as it seems clear that it is the dialogue that Clark admitted to having invented rather than the phrase itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.24.224 ( talk) 12:52, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
As part of the team behind the film (I located some of the uniforms) I refute the suggestion the piece was inspired uniquely by this book. It was far more inspired by the revulsion caused by the persistent militarism in the wake of WWII, which thought that they and they alone were right, and by the simple statistics of the War. It was generated in a study Workshop, and matured under the guidance of Charles Chilton, who never knew his father, killed in the War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.121.173.156 ( talk) 12:48, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
There is no mention of "Not Alan Clark's Diaries" by Peter Bradshaw. I don't know enough to write up an entry for it. Can somebody who knows please do this? Thank you.
Peter Bradshaw intimated in his spoof columns of Clark's Diaries that Clark was a member of White's and Pratt's. Can anybody confirm this and put it in Clark's main article? Also, was he a member of any of other clubs? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows.
I've merged in the article that was at Alan Clark Diaries, done some light edits, and removed a large block-quoted section that had sourcing problems. The diaries themselves are notable but the article on them was entirely unsourced; I'm hoping this topic can get better attention as part of this article instead. If the section ends up becoming far too long or WP:UNDUE, we can spin it back out again. -- asilvering ( talk) 21:44, 22 January 2024 (UTC)