In best BBC fashion, yesterday's You and Yours (well, they have to fill it up with something) suggested that the Scouts were out of place in today's world, since they pledge allegiance "to God and the Queen". Well, I for one don't remember any sort of time limit, and when, in view of that consideration, you think about just how many of us old Scouts and Guides there are in this country...
And then comes today's blogosphere rumour that Gordon Brown is to make Neil Kinnock Leader of the House of Lords. Which would win out, Kinnock's Privy Council Oath, or his oath as a European Commissioner to be unmoved by national considerations? Here's hoping that it's 2:1 to Britain, because he has promised on his honour to do his duty to God and the Queen, to help other people, and to keep the Scout Law.
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