>Over here, we had Dennis Skinner, aka. The Beast Of Bolsover, who said
>"half the Tory party members are crooks", and, upon being told to
>withdraw such a spurious allegation, said "Okay, half the Tory party
>members aren't crooks".

I can't remember who it was, now, but I remember reading once about a British politician who remarked, "There are a great many shining wits in Parliament, as I believe the Reverend Spooner would have put it." That's been my benchmark for higher-brow political OH SNAP ever since I read it.

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