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Old 23-10-2007, 11:23 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by g hall View Post
First what makes you assume it would be one of them ?
Exactly. Imagine if it had been a Thatcher-like person as the head of state during the Blair era? Rather than the current politically neutral head of state we have, we would have had someone to limit the power of the government.
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