Talk:Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler

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Removed "He has on occasion returned to his old school to present prizes." I used personal knowledge there. Tut, tut. Not sure if this is verifiable from publically available sources. Could well be, but I'll leave it here for now. -- Oliver P. 07:33, 8 Oct 2003 (UTC)


 * Can we have something a little less evasive than "dark and controversial"? What did he actually get up to? Or did he indeed just want to spend more time with his family? Meandering about with innuendo is of no use to anyone. --Fleeelf (talk) 15:14, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Car story
Why was it "politically correct" for Fred Mulley to suggest that the new car belonged to his wife? I think something's missing here. Tsuguya (talk) 00:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)


 * The whole car-story needs clarifying. What was the issue? Valetude (talk) 09:04, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 13 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: Moved as unopposed, with 1 add'l support vote. (non-admin closure) — Andy W.  ( talk  · ctb) 01:30, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Norman Fowler → Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler – At least until now, his article title has fallen under the exception of WP:NCPEER that peers who are very well known by their personal names and received a title only after they retired, have only their personal names in the article title. But he has now been elected as Speaker of the House of Lords and as such, he will be known as Lord Fowler in official connections and presumably more widely in the media also. It can also be questioned, if he is retired anymore, as he will take a paid and significant office in the House of Lords at the beginning of September. I think that we should consider, should his page be moved under the standard form of an article title under WP:NCPEER. Editor FIN (talk) 15:14, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Support. Good catch, good case made. Andrewa (talk) 17:52, 20 June 2016 (UTC)


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"Lord Speaker" vs "Lord Speaker of the House of Lords"
There's been several IPs from Pakistan and User:A H Butt who have several times changed the office title listed in the infobox, from "Lord Speaker" to "Lord Speaker of the House of Lords". The position is formally the Lord Speaker and does not need to be disambiguated. --Inops (talk) 15:19, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

"Having spent more time with his family"
Who said Wikipedians don't have a sense of humour? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.127.154.247 (talk) 20:07, 24 September 2019 (UTC)