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Baillie Vass (a Baillie being an older version of a magistrate/JP) was actually Simon Vass of Nairn, Moray-shire. A family nickname of PM did not arise from this. KS Vass
"Together with his parliamentary opponent Harold Wilson, Douglas-Home was between the only two British Prime Ministers who where born and died in the same 20th century."
It seems my English is not good enough for this sentence. What is it supposed to say? That these both men were the only PMs to have had their lives completely within the 20th century, yes? ♆ CUSH ♆21:41, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
The article states, with cited references to the Thorpe book "Douglas-Home accepted the foreign affairs portfolio in Heath's shadow cabinet" - with the implication that this was when Heath became leader in 1965. Later it says "and in 1966 he called another election in which Labour gained a strong working majority of 96. Some older members of Heath's team, including Lloyd, retired from the front bench, making room for members of the next generation. Heath moved Maudling to the foreign affairs portfolio, and Douglas-Home took over Lloyd's responsibilities as spokesman on Commonwealth relations" - again Thorpe is the cited source. The problem is this seems to contradict several other articles and indeed the succession box which indicated Sir Alec Douglas-Home was Shadow Foreign Secretary 1966-1970. Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath certainly indicate that this is when he served, succeeding Christopher Soames, who lost his seat in 1966. On the other hand The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970 (p.143) states he became chief spokesman on external affairs for the Conservatives in 1965. Thus there does seem to be confusion over this issue. Thorpe may well be right, but in that case the other articles need looked at. Dunarc (talk) 19:38, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
A large portion of this article seems to reffer to the subject matter as "dunglass", not douglas. im not sur eif this was an act of vandalism, correlating this ex-PM to faeces, or a genuine misunderstanding of the persons name.
I, personally, am not up to changing it right now as i am suffering from covid, but when i recover from it, if someone has not given me adequate reason this should remain as dunglass, and it has not been corrected already, i will fix what seems to be a great error DParkinson1 (talk) 08:46, 6 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
User Ivanhardybirt repeatedly edits the article for Douglas-Home to include the prefix title "Sir". Yes, Douglas-Home held a knighthood and when he renounced his peerage shortly after becoming Prime Minister in 1963 he was correctly referred to as Sir Alec Douglas-Home. However, he subsequently became a peer again (Lord Home of the Hirsel) so, in standard practice, the title "Sir" is no longer used. IHGSA52859 (talk) 22:25, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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