The Great Edstone or Miliband's Megalith

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tjj Sep 12, 2015 10:34:03
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
I cannot resist on this day when the Labour party's fate is sealed, this lovely nonsense from the Urban Prehistorian, tracks the whereabouts of this stone.
We actually live near to a village called Great Edstone, so Miliband's folly is an eternal reminder of what not to do with stones...

https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/the-search-for-milibands-megalith/

It wasn't Ed's stone though, rather an ill advised PR stunt. No one as far as I could see has said thank you Ed, you worked tirelessly with the odds against you. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
PS: I live near a village called Bishopstone but oddly it doesn't remind me of the folly of bishops. Another one called Idstone ... perhaps a Freudian discussion to be had there :)

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moss Sep 12, 2015 12:43:18
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/the-search-for-milibands-megalith/
It wasn't Ed's stone though, rather an ill advised PR stunt. No one as far as I could see has said thank you Ed, you worked tirelessly with the odds against you. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
PS: I live near a village called Bishopstone but oddly it doesn't remind me of the folly of bishops. Another one called Idstone ... perhaps a Freudian discussion to be had there :)[/quote]

Well Miliband did actually stand in front of the stone promising all that was written on it and then disappeared like a flake of snow when the party lost, as did the stone of course ;)

Old English names are fascinating in themselves....
Bishopston (the land of the bishop) Bissopeston 1186
Idstone (farmstead of a man called Eadwine) 1199

But rejoice Jeremy Corbyn is the new Labour leader, lets hope he 'kicks ass'