tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post7144491745397997759..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Days of hopePaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-77056534939844832142007-10-11T13:39:00.000+01:002007-10-11T13:39:00.000+01:00I remember a feisty Welshman called Edward Leigh a...I remember a feisty Welshman called Edward Leigh at Durham (I was there 1972-75, he was above me)about whom there are indeed some tales to tell (when I met him in the House in 1997 he remembered my hair but not the rest of me) and a chap called Piers Merchant, whatever happened to him. Rachel Squire, whom I didn't know then, was a contemporary too, became a Labour MP in 1997 and sadly died last janestheonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-22757324645685817402007-10-11T11:12:00.000+01:002007-10-11T11:12:00.000+01:00I knew (slightly) Michael Gove, Stephen Twigg and ...I knew (slightly) Michael Gove, Stephen Twigg and Jonathan Freedland, all marked for great things. I was aware of Boris Johnson (how could you not be?. Cameron, who was in the same year albeit in a different college, seems to have passed entirely under the University's journalistic/political radar. The same was true of Blair in the 60s...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-90923100091717896002007-10-11T08:57:00.000+01:002007-10-11T08:57:00.000+01:00.... but I can't remember the incisive Croydonianb....... but I can't remember the incisive Croydonian<BR/><BR/>but it may have something to do with this Gray Eagle's age - it doesn't help that I did not go to some obscure (was it a) Polytechnic somewhere in London ....<BR/><BR/>G EAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-78420410274001778372007-10-11T01:23:00.000+01:002007-10-11T01:23:00.000+01:00I remember a pushy young tory called Norman Lamont...I remember a pushy young tory called Norman Lamont from my Cambridge days [63-66] charming the Union: I wonder what became of him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-35479232283273364182007-10-10T18:24:00.000+01:002007-10-10T18:24:00.000+01:00Nothing personal Paul - you were a year or so abov...Nothing personal Paul - you were a year or so above me and I was just a first year tick.<BR/><BR/>Still, nice to be thought a luminary...Croydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com