Gems from newspaper corrections columns.
A roundup – Gaffes of the year – included this quote among its items: “Let’s raise a toast to Tom for organising the stag do, and if we’re perfectly honest, to the ideology and thought process of the Third Reich.” The roundup went on to say, “MP Aidan Burley didn’t say these words, but he did raise his glass to them at a stag do in France.” In fact, Aidan Burley had finished raising a glass to the first sentiment (ie toasting the organiser), and did not have his glass raised when the follow-up observation about the Third Reich was expressed.
