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Old 28-06-2012, 06:54   #36
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Re: Scottish Referendum

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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates View Post
As it has a bearing on England as well as Scotland, let us have the vote as well. Pretty certain they would get independence then
As Scots would then be foreigners we wouldn't have the likes of Blair, Brown, Darling etc. eligible for English parliamentary seats - England for the English
Of course you're right, Blair was born in Edinburgh.

Though I just found this out, which I didn't know.

'His father Leo, born in Yorkshire, was the illegitimate son of two travelling English actors, Charles Parsons and Celia Ridgway. '

the select surnames website

So, both his grandparents were professional actors.

That figures.

It's in the blood.

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