29-04-2009, 02:30 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:On the military side, I imagine (but do not know) that the Ministry of Defence (once more honestly known as the "Ministry of War" before Orwellian newspeak arrived) is, it self, a trading company. Especially when the UK was (or still is?) the 4th largest arms exporter in the world.
I can imagine that it would be a real nice little earner that one.
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"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.

