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...Prime Ministers of many of those nations were present last week to help the mother of parliaments celebrate her 700th birthday in Westminster Hall. Led by House Speaker Sir Harry Hylton-Foster, in full-bottomed wig, black court gown trimmed in white lace and silver-buckled shoes, speakers from 41 Commonwealth legislatures entered the cavernous, 11th century hall to a flourish of trumpets from the scarlet-clad Grenadier Guards. Then came Britain's Lord Chancellor, his robe brocaded in gold, at the head of a procession of Commonwealth legislators, lace jabots at their throats. Next came the plumed platoon...
Each year Sarmi makes two trips to Switzerland, France and Italy to select his fabrics. He has the lace re-embroidered with silver and gold, the chiffon treated to produce a raised velvet pattern, the dress wools interwoven with rows of iridescent paillettes. Often he designs his own: one year it was photographs of raindrops screened onto fine silk, another time it was magnified butterfly wings...
Aside from attacking Lace's general allegation that M-2-M was a puppet of the PLP, Maher also objected to Luce's specific statements. "The existence of an arms cache is total ball. Our program is entirely is the open. We believe there must be a revolution, but it cannot come for a long time--not until the millions understand the need...
Maher believe that one member of the national committee of M-2-M is a member of PL, but that Lace's statement that PL controls a majority of the M-2-M have created their own ideology as individuals, not under orders from anyone. That whole Luce article and the piece accompanying it came straight out of Luce's head. To me, most of his allegations are simply ridiculous. "The leadership of PL seems to agree: a PL lawyer has field suit charging the Post with Hbel...
...gave them a free hand to teach Auntie how to twist. One of the brightest results was a free-swinging satiric show called That Was the Week That Was, which lampooned everything in sight, most particularly the then ruling Tories. It proved such a dose of acid and old lace that as last year's elections approached, Greene felt it prudent to close it down...