Charles Stuart Parnell was born today in 1846. He came to dominate Irish politics in the late 19th century, fillibustering in the Commons so that only Irish topics could be debated. Sadly for him, he had a bit of a thing for a married lady, Kitty O'Shea (Tessie's mum) and once the highly prudish Victorians found out about that, it was goodbye from Mr Parnell. He dropped 'Parnell' from his name, dropped the 'a' from Stuart and went on to discover lots of Australia.
Would I lie to you?
In other news ...
I would like to apologize for the unforgivable lateness of this Blog which should, of course, have appeared yesterday. We had new software installed by a vegetable who wiped all the old stuff off our computer. In common with various Big Banks, we will of course be paying vast amounts in compensation before falling on our swords to atone for our abject failure.
Would I lie to you?
No - but they would!
