Who was ' the mad monk'?

Laurel Laurent

Rasputin Mar 15 02, 3:31 AM

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I agree with Laurel Laurent that Rasputin was the original 'Mad Monk' but in the UK in the 1980s this nickname was applied to the Conservative politician Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Education and Science (1981-1986). It was apparently Chris Patten, as director of the Conservative Research Department in the late 1970s, who came up with the 'Mad Monk' epithet. Source: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n14/clar2314.htm and Encarta 2000 Mar 15 02, 3:39 PM

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