Talk:Oliver Letwin

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Trinity or Darwin? Or both? Says Trinity in text but links to Darwin at bottom.

I think he was a Fellow of Darwin from 1981-83? Does anyone know anything more about his doctorate? Maybe that should be mentioned a little bit

[edit] Doctorate

His doctorate is in philosophy. It was published as Ethics, Emotion and the Unity of Self (Routledge 1987). So it's appropriate to return the biography to the "Philosophers" category.

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[edit] Lack of faith?

Letwin mentioned (at least twice) on Question Time tonight that he was not religious: one time he said he was "not a believer", and the other that he didn't "have faith". He also mentioned that he thought the fuss over the "pigs" poster used by Labour at the 2005 election was ridiculous. I don't know whether any of this is considered worthy of inclusion, but given that he volunteered the information about his lack of faith on a major BBC TV programme, I don't think it would be personally intrusive to him to do so if it was considered significant. 86.143.48.55 (talk) 23:49, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I added it at roughly the same time as you wrote this comment, I hope in the correct manner, as I do think it's quite significant, especially given his party allegiance, not previously known for prominent atheists. 77.100.150.194 (talk) 15:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)MatGB