Pardon my ignorance of British Parliamentary affairs, but has anyone enquired as to Mr. "Blacketer"s relationship (if any) with
Betty Boothroyd (T-H-L-K-D)? She was the former speaker of the Commons, and apparently quite formidable, according to this week's
Economist (on the subject of her successor's defrocking) and is now a Baroness in the House of Lords.
Blacketer, in his various incarnations, seems to have steered largely clear of her article, with this exception of
this minor edit.