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Europe minister
[edit]"Previously he was Minister of State for Europe and hence the longest-serving Europe Minister in British history.[1]" I do not understand how this makes him the longest serving, should this be 'last'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxdown (talk • contribs) 22:31, 4 December 2016 (UTC)
* agree as per Foxdown Clarissa1925 (talk)
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Siblings
[edit]It seems odd to me that this article refers to one of his brothers (Peter, a teacher), but not to his other brother.
I was at school with the Lidington boys - we travelled to school together. David, the oldest, was a year or two ahead of me; Peter was in my year; and Tony a year or two below Peter and me. Tony went on to a life in the theatre. peter_english (talk) 13:11, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- I guess this is he. A definite family resemblance. Cheers!
Gareth Griffith-Jones, The Welsh Buzzard (Talk) 14:17, 14 June 2017 (UTC)
- I think it refers to Peter because a history teacher?
Equinoxmist (talk) 23:01, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
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De facto deputy prime minister
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Lidington is de facto deputy prime minister according to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/01/19/britain-could-one-day-join-reformed-eu-hints-theresa-mays-de/ and other sources
@GregPantry: Please discuss here, "admin approval" is not needed. In the meantime please revert to the consensus version. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 14:45, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
I agree with emir that Clarissa1925 (talk) was rather lazy for not providing it, but they are now provided so that should suffice. I can give you more, but I think 7 is more than enough and certainly ample! They are all credible sources (read Wikipedia:Academic use if you don't understand why), and if you dispute one source, there's 6 others. I don't know much about the UK Parliament, but as an independent, just a quick bit of research has shown me that consensus definitely for keeping this change. Clearly referenced in the article and not controversial. It should remain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GregPantry (talk • contribs) |
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