Lord Bonkers’ Diary: Liberal Satire from Rutland

“People ask me if I believe in Europe. Believe in it? I've been there!”

“As to the sad fate of Stephen Milligan, I shall say but one thing: it appears that Nanny was right after all.”

“The days when an Englishman was content if his son left school able to recognize the various locomotive
types of the London & North Eastern Railway and name the captains of Derbyshire in their correct order
are long past.”

Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910. Since 1990 his diaries have appeared in Liberator magazine, giving a unique perspective on British politics.

Lord Bonkers’ Diary is dictated to Jonathan Calder.                                                                Write to Lord Bonkers