tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post6934560957892128345..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Political Humor From BritainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-1821478274661401402013-05-10T22:09:24.658-04:002013-05-10T22:09:24.658-04:00Unfortunately, the venerable tradition of beheadin...Unfortunately, the venerable tradition of beheading Speakers died out.Visibiliumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069726201789314963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-69591237850976158902013-05-10T09:43:01.957-04:002013-05-10T09:43:01.957-04:00The Whigs and Tories used to have duels in the Hou...The Whigs and Tories used to have duels in the House of Commons, drank at separate coffee houses and pubs and generally had nothing to do with each other outside the House. Politics mattered very deeply to contemporaries, much more so than to-day.Patrick Sheridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995907911415177074noreply@blogger.com