Shakespeare – Steve Baker FRSA

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Quote of the day – Shakespeare

by Steve Baker 30 August 2011 in Politics Comments are Disabled

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. – Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)

We few, we happy few

by Steve Baker 30 December 2010 in Politics 1 comment

I found myself reflecting on my last EU-related rebellion and some words spoken privately to me by a senior Conservative MP at the time. It put me in mind of Henry V, for better or for worse. In Act 4, Scene 3, once Gloucester, Bedford, Westmoreland, Exeter and Salisbury have […]

A little light Shakespeare

by Steve Baker 23 May 2008 in Politics Comments are Disabled

Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3: If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, […]