Talk:Nigel Lawson

message: Lawson shows no interest in debating global warming, what he is doing is more akin to denying global warming and I believeitwould be better ti change the word used in the article.  Espeically with his Global Warming Policy foundaro, which is similar to the tactics used by tobacco companies to deny the health effects of tobacco.91.125.83.211 (talk) 00:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You can leave this until a consensus is reached in the community, however I will suggest you read the following Wikipedia policies to familiarize yourself with proper terminology in editing Biographies on Wikipedia. WP:NPV, and WP:BLP should help you.  Any further questions you may refer to my justification at this user's talk page. ERK talk 00:15, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

text: When people argue about topics, it's called debating.  There is much debate about global warming, even though we know it's true, some people don't know that it is.  We are not allowed to push our POV (Point of View). See WP:NPOV. Bluefist talk 00:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

text: No, you should not, given the article has suffient sources.  We don't deal with facts, we deal with reliable sources stating the facts. Bluefist talk 00:21, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Denial not Debate

message: "After studying at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford"
No indication of what he studied -- Stephen Howe.
It says he studied at Beechwood Park School, but this cannot be correct.  If you follow the link Beechwood Park was opened in 1964 when Lawson was 32! Also, the list of alumni does not include his name.Arcencielltd (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 07:59, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education 

message: Either Lawson was a bigamist, or the overlapping time spans for his marriages are wrong.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.167.168.68 (talk) 01:24, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriages 

message: The photograph is absurd.  Can't a better likeness be found? 173.16.252.154 (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The absurdity is that this 80-year old man does not have a single grey hair on his head!  80.176.88.21 (talk) 17:49, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can't a better photo be found? 

message: Hi Dozzzzzzzzzing_off. Whilst I totally agree with the wp:BLPNAME policy ..& it wouldn't really matter if I didn't ..there is nothing whatsoever to stop internal links to Nigella & Dominic. No reference is required for these. Regards  JRPG (talk) 17:30, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I know. There's nothing wrong with the internal links. I'm just saying further down the page it started listing his kids but only named five of them in the list, despite starting it with "His six children," and that bothered me. It's all good now, though. Thanks. Dozzzzzzzzzing off (talk) 21:41, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children & BLPNAME 

message: Is it really reasonable to describe Lawson as being skeptical of climate change? Given that he disagrees with what is generally accepted in the scientific world, this seems to take his POV. Skepticism implies an unwillingness to believe something without evidence, yet Lawson dismisses all evidence he finds inconvenient and uncritically accepts what little might support his views. We would not accept someone's claim of being 'skeptical' of evolution by natural selection or that the Earth orbits the sun or that HIV causes Aids. Booshank (talk) 19:21, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Think this is covered in denial not debate heading. It is not in his financial interest to believe it or to spend time studying it.  WP:FLAT applies!  JRPG (talk) 20:56, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skeptic? 

message: I've always wondered who the politician referred to as "The Jew" was in David Peace's novel about the 1984-5 miners' strike, GB84.  Is it Nigel Lawson?  He was Energy Secretary at the time and, according to this article, is from a Jewish family.
I would recommend that this be included in the article, if there's a source to suggest that it's true.  Epa101 (talk)
:The nickname could equally have applied to Leon Brittan, (like Lawson also of Baltic Jewish origin) who was Home Secretary when the strike began, and thus responsible for the policing of the dispute.Cloptonson (talk) 13:20, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It is neither Lawson, not Brittan. In The Independent, in a conversation between GB84 author David Peace and Mike Marqusee of The Independent he is identified as David Hart, a "right-wing millionaire who advised Margaret Thatcher and the Coal Board".--Terry Patterson (talk) 21:40, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novel "GB84" 

message: If somebody has a copy of his memoirs to hand (or a copy of Hansard, or something similar - I think Lawson said it in his resignation speech), iirc he attributed this quote to Pierre Mendes-France.Paulturtle (talk) 17:56, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  To Govern is to Choose 

message: Why does the same photograph appear twice?  There is a second photo available Nigel Lawson 006.jpg dating to 2006 but like the first no context is provided.  I will remove the lower photo on WP:BRD. JRPG (talk) 10:20, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph duplicated!! 

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thread_title:  High Net Worth People 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/09/bbc-radio-4-broke-impartiality-rules-in-nigel-lawson-climate-change-interview
John Cummings (talk) 14:35, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC Radio 4 broke impartiality rules in Nigel Lawson climate change interview 

message: The lead claims "He has been an active supporter of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave" (to which I have added "despite residing in France") - but there seems to be no substantial mention of Lawson's position on the EU in the main body of the article. JezGrove (talk) 22:35, 31 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The article does say that he chaired the Vote Leave campaign. I think that is a pretty substantial mention of his position.--Terry Patterson (talk) 12:23, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

text: One thing I do find odd is that there is no substantial section on his position on European institutions, given that he has been involved in a significant with them over much of his political life. It detracts from the value of the article. A tiny little section at the beginning is not enough.--Terry Patterson (talk) 13:17, 1 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Euroscepticism

message: The intro states: "sudden deregulation of financial markets in 1986, commonly referred to as the ’Big Bang’, which shifted the center of gravity for the world's financial markets to London from New York City."
I don't think that London was "the" center of gravity for the world's financial markets at any time after WW2. It has been (and still is) the most important market for trading some financial instruments, but for other instruments New York has always been bigger after WW2. I suggest the material about "the center of gravity for the world's financial markets" be removed unless it can be supported by a citation meeting usual Wikipedia standards. Longitude2 (talk) 10:12, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation required 

message: According to the papers today he was buried at sea, a nice touch after his Royal Navy service. The newspaper article also stated that it was very rare for RN national servicemen to be commissioned, unless they were already reserve officers (presumably as a naval officer needs to be highly skilled, unlike a 2nd Lt in the Army whose job is basically, no offence, to lead his men into battle). I see the wiki article now gives his naval rank as Lieutenant-commander (equivalent to major) which was presumably a reserve rank which he held some years later.Paulturtle (talk) 00:22, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buried at Sea