Talk:James Goldsmith
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[edit] I think the last sentence doesn't belong to the rest of the article.
Laure-Marie (talk) 11:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Let's speak plainly
"It is believed that they discussed the possibility of violently overthrowing the troubled government of James Callaghan and replacing it with a dictatorship." -- This is a horrible weasel for such a libellous accusation. Let's pin this down plainly (who accused whom of what when) or remove it. -- 201.78.236.99 15:51, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
It says Wilson not Callaghan. Speaking of libellous rumours, I used to live very near his ex wife and the rumour always was that James was the real father of Princess Diana. Any further info on this ?! Rob 10/06
"At his death he was a phenomenally wealthy man with a fortune that was completely self-made" - with his background (including a father who paid off his gambling debts) can we really say that his fortune was entirely self-made? Rich 10 Oct 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.153.97.170 (talk) 12:31, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
Yes, he was till self-made.
[edit] Mellor
The text about the Putney result is POV and doesn't belong in an encyclopedia.
[edit] Eurosceptic
Interesting. Born in Paris, descended from German Jews, married/had affairs with Europeans and South Americans and died in Spain. What a strange lot British Eurosceptics are. I thought it was just the aristocracy that were mad.
194.46.247.216 19:44, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
A few points: 1. Famous nationalist leaders (Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Lloyd George or Churchill in their different ways) are often born or trace descent outside their country of adoption. 2. More seriously, Goldsmith's views in France were a lot more protectionist and less Eurosceptic - cf the different editions of "The Trap". 3. The international financial elite are a sort of international class today, not unlike how the aristocracy were in previous centuries. 4. Opinion polls always consistently show that the vast majority of British people are Eurosceptic, whether PC opinion affects to find their leaders "strange" or not.
