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TheJudge  09 Jul 15 12.30pm |
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This thread made me laugh. The real subject here should be how you should never expect your heroes to be any more than human and fallible. I suppose we should start another thread on what might have happened if we had not declared war on Germany.
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 28 Jan 17 9.54pm |
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HoL were pricks?
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 Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 28 Jan 17 11.13pm |
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Originally posted by pefwin
HoL are pricks? *cough*
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palace777  belfast 29 Jan 17 10.30am |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Quote Kermit8 at 23 May 2013 11.33am
Quote TheEagleOfSteel at 23 May 2013 10.08am
'Nice' people don't make good leaders in times of crisis. You need someone who is able to make tough decisions and follow them through. The world saw him as an unshakable character, a modern (at the time) British Bulldog. I challenge you to name a single politician in today's government who could have pulled the country through such a horrific war. I wouldn't have faith in a single bloody one of them.
As Trigger said,made on decent film and then you never heard of him again.
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| palace777 belfast 29 Jan 17 10.32am |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Quote Kermit8 at 23 May 2013 11.33am
Quote TheEagleOfSteel at 23 May 2013 10.08am
'Nice' people don't make good leaders in times of crisis. You need someone who is able to make tough decisions and follow them through. The world saw him as an unshakable character, a modern (at the time) British Bulldog. I challenge you to name a single politician in today's government who could have pulled the country through such a horrific war. I wouldn't have faith in a single bloody one of them.
As Trigger said,made one decent film and then you never heard of him again.
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Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 29 Jan 17 3.56pm |
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During the First world War, WC was First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. That was a major fck up. He was the right leader at the right time in WW2. I imagine the best of us would make the occasional fck-up in a turbulent world
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 29 Jan 17 4.00pm |
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Originally posted by palace777
As Trigger said,made one decent film and then you never heard of him again.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 29 Jan 17 4.21pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
During the First world War, WC was First Lord of the Admiralty until the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign caused his departure from government. That was a major fck up. He was the right leader at the right time in WW2. I imagine the best of us would make the occasional fck-up in a turbulent world You have omitted that during WW1 from 1917 Churchill was Minister of Munitions his job to deliver the weaponry to win the war which he did.
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| Hoof Hearted 30 Jan 17 11.53am | |
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Good to see Donald J Trump has reinstated his bust into the Oval Office after Obama had it removed during his tenancy.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 30 Jan 17 12.33pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
You have omitted that during WW1 from 1917 Churchill was Minister of Munitions his job to deliver the weaponry to win the war which he did. Apparently that's why he stooped so much and had trouble moving around, delivering weapons and munitions is heavy lifting. Politicians - claim responsibility for others hard work, and then blame everyone else when it goes wrong.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 30 Jan 17 12.42pm |
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Originally posted by jamiemartin721
Apparently that's why he stooped so much and had trouble moving around, delivering weapons and munitions is heavy lifting. Politicians - claim responsibility for others hard work, and then blame everyone else when it goes wrong. He didn't personally deliver them as anybody would know.
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| Joe Bloggs Nr Norwich 30 Jan 17 12.44pm |
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During the war (ww2) I heard lots of anti Churchill remarks..the standard comment being every time Churchill opens his mouth we get bombed. He was a flawed individual but the right man for the job at that time.
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