Talk:The Final Cut (TV serial)

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[edit] trivia

Removed the following info:

• The series refers to Thatcher as Britain's longest serving Prime Minister. She was actually the seventh. See Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom.

This is incorrect. The series refers to Thatcher as Britain's longest serving post-war Prime Minister, which she is. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.41.184.120 (talk) 17:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

Not true. At the start of the film the series refers to her as "Britain's first female and longest-serving Prime Minister." I have it on DVD. The novel I think refers to as being the longest serving post-war PM but this is the film, not the novel. Game, set and match.

[edit] Makepeace's candidature

Having relinquished the Tory whip and crossed the floor, Makepeace would be ineligible to stand for the Conservative leadership.

Is this technically true? I'd have to check but IIRC there was no requirement in the rules for a candidate for the Conservative leadership to be an MP and therefore taking the whip. (I think Lord Sutch joined the party in 1990 in the hope of standing for the leadership and then running the country from the Strangers' Gallery!) And since the Conservative Party didn't have a national membership scheme at the time, I wonder if there actually was anything stopping an MP on the opposition benches who could get sufficient nominations to stand. Timrollpickering 23:58, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Too many links!

please see WP:OVERLINK for guidance. -Arch dude (talk) 03:51, 25 November 2007 (UTC)