The back benchers are the ordinary members of parliament who are not members of the cabinet.
larry At 01:54 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Speaking of the UK govt, I read a news article somewhere that was >talking about a "back-bench revolt" by some people (called >back-benchers) in the UK Parliament in the context of Blair's support >for the Iraq war. > >What is this back bench stuff? > >-- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Monday, March 17, 2003, 1:43:59 PM, you wrote: >HM> This is nothing new. Being british still means the sun never sets. > >HM> The U.S. was commonly referred to in the House of Commons as 'the former >HM> colonies' and sometimes as 'the wayward colonies' right up until WWI. > >HM> M > >HM> -----Original Message----- >HM> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >HM> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:37 PM >HM> To: CF-Community >HM> Subject: RE: SARS Spreading? > > >HM> This is a rather amusing quote. It's from an article talking about how >it's >HM> in the UK. > >HM> 'The Health Minister in Hong Kong, where nearly 100 people have been >HM> infected, has described the number of people infected in the former >British >HM> colony as "very alarming".' > >HM> Former British colony? LOL! Sure it's true, but hell, you could also say >HM> "Former part of Pangea" for all it really matters to the issue at hand. > >HM> -Kevin > >HM> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
