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I was behaderin' round wid the gangs on the 'bankmint - I've taught the hoppers how to kape step an' stop screechin' - whin a head-gangman comes up to me, wid about two inches av shirt-tail hanging round his neck an' a disthressful light in his oi.

Even so, Chris Lewis managed to retreat and break down the sideline only for Chevvy Pennycook to drag him into touch by his shirt-tail.

But is this just a case of lining Des up with a cushy number for the aftermath of the next election when he is run out of Kilmarnock by his shirt-tail?

Harold Wilson and Lyndon Johnson held very different opinions about how the UK and the US were supposed to relate to each other, with Wilson supposing they were the closest of friends and Johnson supposing they were, at best, rich (the US) and poor (the UK) shirt-tail relations.

In an incident labeled the "Shirt-Tail Parade," the General Motor umpire combined three grievances which involved 145 Chevrolet Transmission Division workers.

ONE of the most frequently asked questions from my many visiting relations and friends from abroad is, "Whose idea was it to let Manchester become a 'greater' area and Liverpool, one of the bestknown cities in the world, stuffed into a corner of the globally littleknown region called Merseyside?" Judging by some of their past decisions and comments, it is quite plain to see some of those in Gover nment and NWDA certainly think Liverpool is only good enough to hang onto the prosperity shirt-tail of Manchester.

The new European Constitution will, if ratified by member states, provide far more influence for larger states like France, Germany and Britain -instead of effectively clinging to the shirt-tail of a Pentagon which may still persist on a unilateralist approach.

"We could quite easily have held on to his shirt-tail and let him tell us where to go and meet people.

At the Royal Military Academy in 1907, he was nearly expelled for setting a fellow cadet's shirt-tail on fire.

"He is hungry and wants to go on and hopefully we can grab hold of his shirt-tail and get some success along the way."