Talk:Bill Deedes

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This isn't a stub. It's a decent article. Shome mishtake shurely.

[edit] "Man" or "individual?"

The previous word form referring to Deedes position as both a cabinet minister and newspaper editor allows the reader to think that a woman has filled both roles. I am sure that this has not yet been the case; Rachel Beer, Rosie Boycott, Patsy Chapman, Wendy Henry, Mary Howarth, Eve Pollard, Bridget Rowe, Sarah Sands, Rebekah Wade and Patience Wheatcroft are still the only women to have edited a national newspsper, though I have doubtless forgotten someone, and none of them has or became MPs or peers, let alone cabinet ministers. Arguably, given Beatherbrook's dominence of his editors and his cabinet position under Churchill, the point is slightly misleading anyway. Philip Cross 21:03, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Surely George Lansbury was the editor of the Daily Herald and First Commissioner of Works in MacDonald's second government - so Deedes is not the only person to have achieved this. Warofdreams talk 19:04, 5 January 2007 (UTC)