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Teddy Eagle 24 Jul 23 10.31am
Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle Not quite. I read that what Burke actually wrote was:- “Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the longer.” Whilst expressing a similar sentiment, Armstrong has condensed the idea and made it both more accessible and comprehensible. So it's his. In my opinion. Not even close. The precise phrase "economical with the truth" is attested from 1897.[10][11] It was used in the New Zealand House of Representatives in 1923,[12] and the House of Commons of Canada in 1926;[13] "over-economical with the truth" was used in the British House of Commons in 1968.[2][14] In Paul Brickhill's 1950 book The Great Escape, the phrase is an ironic description of the testimony of an interrogated Gestapo officer.[15]
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Teddy Eagle

24 Jul 23 10.31am

Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

Not quite. I read that what Burke actually wrote was:- “Falsehood and delusion are allowed in no case whatever: But, as in the exercise of all the virtues, there is an economy of truth. It is a sort of temperance, by which a man speaks truth with measure that he may speak it the longer.”

Whilst expressing a similar sentiment, Armstrong has condensed the idea and made it both more accessible and comprehensible. So it's his. In my opinion.

Not even close.
The precise phrase "economical with the truth" is attested from 1897.[10][11] It was used in the New Zealand House of Representatives in 1923,[12] and the House of Commons of Canada in 1926;[13] "over-economical with the truth" was used in the British House of Commons in 1968.[2][14] In Paul Brickhill's 1950 book The Great Escape, the phrase is an ironic description of the testimony of an interrogated Gestapo officer.[15]

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Jul 23 10.57am
Originally posted by Teddy Eagle Not even close. The precise phrase "economical with the truth" is attested from 1897.[10][11] It was used in the New Zealand House of Representatives in 1923,[12] and the House of Commons of Canada in 1926;[13] "over-economical with the truth" was used in the British House of Commons in 1968.[2][14] In Paul Brickhill's 1950 book The Great Escape, the phrase is an ironic description of the testimony of an interrogated Gestapo officer.[15] Where's the Tebbit one? Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Jul 23 10.57am

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Where's the Tebbit one?

Red and Blue Army!

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Teddy Eagle 24 Jul 23 11.13am
Originally posted by ASCPFC Where's the Tebbit one? It got on its bike and is looking for attribution.
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Teddy Eagle

24 Jul 23 11.13am

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Where's the Tebbit one?

It got on its bike and is looking for attribution.

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Jul 23 11.45am
Originally posted by Teddy Eagle It got on its bike and is looking for attribution. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 24 Jul 23 11.45am

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

It got on its bike and is looking for attribution.

Red and Blue Army!

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Spiderman Horsham 24 Jul 23 5.49pm
Apologised to Nigel Farage
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Spiderman

Horsham 24 Jul 23 5.49pm

Apologised to Nigel Farage

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Badger11 Beckenham 24 Jul 23 5.51pm
Originally posted by Spiderman Apologised to Nigel Farage If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar. One more point
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Badger11

Beckenham 24 Jul 23 5.51pm

Originally posted by Spiderman

Apologised to Nigel Farage

If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar.

One more point

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cryrst The garden of England 24 Jul 23 5.54pm
Originally posted by Badger11 If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar. Guffaw guffaw not
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cryrst

The garden of England 24 Jul 23 5.54pm

Originally posted by Badger11

If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar.

Guffaw guffaw not

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Spiderman Horsham 24 Jul 23 5.56pm
Originally posted by Badger11 If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar. Champagne socialists? Or totally impartial journalists?
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Spiderman

Horsham 24 Jul 23 5.56pm

Originally posted by Badger11

If you're wondering what that strange noise is it's the sound of BBC staff choking on their champagne and caviar.

Champagne socialists? Or totally impartial journalists?

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Rudi Hedman Caterham 24 Jul 23 6.04pm
Should their BBC colleague George Aligyah dying of cancer at 67 be the TOP news story? Just wondered really COYP
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Rudi Hedman

Caterham 24 Jul 23 6.04pm

Should their BBC colleague George Aligyah dying of cancer at 67 be the TOP news story?

Just wondered really

COYP

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eagleman13 On The Road To Hell & Alicante 24 Jul 23 6.25pm
Originally posted by Spiderman Apologised to Nigel Farage Yes, though they have buried their apology in the 'Entertainments & Arts' section on their home web page This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.
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