tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post3306007411667895564..comments2023-10-21T16:25:58.899+01:00Comments on Three Score Years And Ten: Is This A Male Chauvinist Ticket?Harry Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01600933854461096745noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-29187742796821706542007-06-12T13:52:00.000+01:002007-06-12T13:52:00.000+01:00Excuse the delay in replying to everyone, I have b...Excuse the delay in replying to everyone, I have been away from home. This morning I read a Fabian booklet which contains statements from each of the Deputy Leadership candidates. They average some 2,200 words. I will comment on these in the next item I post. In the meantime Alan Johnson gets credit from me for the following - I hope the rest follow -<BR/>http://www.labourfriendsofiraq.org.uk/archives/001151.html<BR/><BR/>Samanta,<BR/>Dan Aston kindly explained what "score" means. "Three Score Years and Ten" is 70. In Britain, it used to be considered to be a person's likely life span. My son presented me with the blog on my 70th Birthday and showed me how to use it. So each item I post is a bonus for me now I have passed the Three Score Year and Ten mark.Harry Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833380054575757928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-45799420067860065472007-06-11T20:59:00.000+01:002007-06-11T20:59:00.000+01:00I agree - it's a shame there aren't any better wom...I agree - it's a shame there aren't any better women in the contest, it would have been good for the party to have a woman deputy. But having said that I'm a lot more enthusiastic about all six candidates than you are. I think all of them a capable of doing the job (whatever it is) quite well. I'll probably put Benn as my first choice...Hughes Viewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01192390547169979749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-82788229824818839002007-06-09T13:54:00.000+01:002007-06-09T13:54:00.000+01:00A 'score' means twenty. So three score years and t...A 'score' means twenty. So three score years and ten means seventy years. :)Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14677164772943749769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-15869766988412926872007-06-09T04:47:00.000+01:002007-06-09T04:47:00.000+01:00Hi, I am a spanish native speaker and I'm trying t...Hi, I am a spanish native speaker and I'm trying to find out what does "score years" means. Would you tell me?Samantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03642678612981193122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-29428793265250868822007-06-08T12:39:00.000+01:002007-06-08T12:39:00.000+01:00I voted Hain first too, Harry.Then Harman, then B...I voted Hain first too, Harry.<BR/>Then Harman, then Benn. Not out of any great enthisiasm for any of them, but being pragmatic.<BR/>In hindsight, we should have had a proper left DL candidate. Maybe next time....susan presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14184296742644071259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-76989260523890207602007-06-07T23:18:00.000+01:002007-06-07T23:18:00.000+01:00Blears would be dreadful for the party. Her stint ...Blears would be dreadful for the party. Her stint as Party Chair hasn't seen any turn around in party fortunes, either in polling or popularity terms, or in terms of party membership or activists on the ground. <BR/><BR/>So why on earth she wants to turn the deputy leader's role into a party-rebuilding job that she thinks she is best placed for, God only knows.<BR/><BR/>Peter Hain, he's been compromised by government, but who hasn't been? He's getting my vote. And to shamelessly promote my own blog, there's a number of posts on there on this very topic. <BR/><BR/>:)Mr Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08849318465756328286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-84020320964141735792007-06-07T22:21:00.001+01:002007-06-07T22:21:00.001+01:00I meant number 6, obviously!I meant number 6, obviously!Andrew.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09397101025581286138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31588679.post-90727164181785114222007-06-07T22:21:00.000+01:002007-06-07T22:21:00.000+01:00I think we're in a similar boat! Blears was my num...I think we're in a similar boat! Blears was my number 4 and Harman my number 7, so I think I'm similarly vulnerable to a male chauvinist accusation!Andrew.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09397101025581286138noreply@blogger.com