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  • Richard Barrett
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    • Jan 2016
    • 6259

    Originally posted by Barbirollians View Post
    The idea that because a trainee solicitor for example made a mistake in a bundle index means you cannot have confidence in the lawyers and judges arguing and deciding the case is nonsense.
    If only that were the only thing undermining my trust in the judiciary!

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    • Richard Tarleton

      I like the embroidered dragonflies on Lady Hales's gown

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      • eighthobstruction
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        • Nov 2010
        • 6441

        Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
        I like the embroidered dragonflies on Lady Hales's gown
        ....i was thinking they might be lace....
        bong ching

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        • vinteuil
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          • Nov 2010
          • 12843

          Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
          I like the embroidered dragonflies on Lady Hales's gown
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          ... she has a thing about brooches -

          The fox, the spider's web, the frog -- Supreme Court's new president was rocking badges before it was cool



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          • eighthobstruction
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            • Nov 2010
            • 6441

            ....yep
            bong ching

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            • Richard Tarleton

              Thanks both...I'll have a closer look at 1800.....

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              • eighthobstruction
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                • Nov 2010
                • 6441

                ....for anyone wondering[ as i was] ....the Lord President[of Council] is Jacob Rees-Mogg....
                bong ching

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                • vinteuil
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                  • Nov 2010
                  • 12843

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                  ... indeed so, the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.

                  And if you need the details of his coat of arms, wiki tells us :


                  Crest
                  1st, between two Spearheads erect Sable a Cock proper (Mogg); 2nd, a Swan Argent wings elevated Or holding in the beak a Water-Lily slipped proper
                  Escutcheon
                  Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent on a Fess Pean between three Ermine Spots each surmounted by a Crescent Gules a Cock Or (Mogg); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Chevron engrailed Erminois between three Swans Argent wings elevated Or (Rees)
                  Motto
                  Cura Pii Diis Sunt (The pious are in the care of the Gods)


                  Thought you might like to know...



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                  • eighthobstruction
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                    • Nov 2010
                    • 6441

                    oh aye Cockn'Bull and Moggn'Lesser Crested Sunt....+ stoat/weasel....
                    bong ching

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                    • Richard Tarleton

                      He is quoted in today's Times Diary as pointing out (in reply to the Lib Dem MP for Banff and Buchan's saying that leading Brexiteers should be hanged, drawn and quartered) that as Lord President of the Council he is entitled to be beheaded.

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                      • Bryn
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2007
                        • 24688

                        Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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                        ... indeed so, the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.

                        And if you need the details of his coat of arms, wiki tells us :


                        Crest
                        1st, between two Spearheads erect Sable a Cock proper (Mogg); 2nd, a Swan Argent wings elevated Or holding in the beak a Water-Lily slipped proper
                        Escutcheon
                        Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent on a Fess Pean between three Ermine Spots each surmounted by a Crescent Gules a Cock Or (Mogg); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Chevron engrailed Erminois between three Swans Argent wings elevated Or (Rees)
                        Motto
                        Cura Pii Diis Sunt (The pious are in the care of the Gods)


                        Thought you might like to know...



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                        Hmm. I see that the phrase Cura Pii Diis Sunt is attributed to Ovid, and can also be rendered as "The good are Heaven's peculiar care". Ovid died before the Christ individual reached adulthood, let alone founded Christianity and thus is hardly an apposite motto for a Christian family, surely?

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                        • un barbu
                          Full Member
                          • Jun 2017
                          • 131

                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          .

                          ... indeed so, the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.

                          And if you need the details of his coat of arms, wiki tells us :


                          Crest
                          1st, between two Spearheads erect Sable a Cock proper (Mogg); 2nd, a Swan Argent wings elevated Or holding in the beak a Water-Lily slipped proper
                          Escutcheon
                          Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent on a Fess Pean between three Ermine Spots each surmounted by a Crescent Gules a Cock Or (Mogg); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Chevron engrailed Erminois between three Swans Argent wings elevated Or (Rees)
                          Motto
                          Cura Pii Diis Sunt (The pious are in the care of the Gods)


                          Thought you might like to know...



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                          Given his 'financial services' stake and in the best tradition of canting heraldry shouldn't there be a fat cat rampant in there?
                          Barbatus sed non barbarus

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                          • cloughie
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22126

                            Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                            .

                            ... indeed so, the Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP.

                            And if you need the details of his coat of arms, wiki tells us :


                            Crest
                            1st, between two Spearheads erect Sable a Cock proper (Mogg); 2nd, a Swan Argent wings elevated Or holding in the beak a Water-Lily slipped proper
                            Escutcheon
                            Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Argent on a Fess Pean between three Ermine Spots each surmounted by a Crescent Gules a Cock Or (Mogg); 2nd and 3rd, Gules a Chevron engrailed Erminois between three Swans Argent wings elevated Or (Rees)
                            Motto
                            Cura Pii Diis Sunt (The pious are in the care of the Gods)


                            Thought you might like to know...



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                            Careful with the spoonerisms on that last one!

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                            • vinteuil
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 12843

                              Originally posted by un barbu View Post
                              Given his 'financial services' stake and in the best tradition of canting heraldry shouldn't there be a fat cat rampant in there?
                              ... couchant, surely?


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                              • un barbu
                                Full Member
                                • Jun 2017
                                • 131

                                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                                ... couchant, surely?


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                                Indeed. Closer to his wannabe A.J. Balfour languid pose.
                                Barbatus sed non barbarus

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