not really.......

but then what did you expect the population of britain to do in 1945?

"sorry winston, we dont think you're the man to save us from the nazi's".........

most people know about churchills past, so whats the point of bringing it all up again and again, and why now??

Posted By: Cheltenham_Canary on October 29th 2010 at 15:23:50

Message Thread

that there Winston Churchill (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 14:49:54
- WW2 (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 29, 15:14:45
  - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:57:29
- Thought it might have touched upon Iran with the Nazi stuff (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:07:50
  - hiya pants (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Oct 29, 15:11:44
    - please don't refer or reply to me again please (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:12:50
      - cant do that.sorry.use the ignore option (n/m) (General Chat) - selwyn, Oct 29, 15:13:49
  - Wasn't that about Iraq in WW1 ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 29, 15:10:30
- its in the independant (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:04:48
  - touched a Tory nerve, Scrammers (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:13:07
    - not really....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:23:50
      - cos it's around that time where big businesses need to rake up the the second world war (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:28:42
        
        Which big businesses are you referring to? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:30:47
        
        ... (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:39:21
        
        I disagree pants, as I said below, I think this is about nation building (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:49:27
        
        EU is not "hijacking Rememberance Sunday (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:48:37
        
        why would any big businesses benefit from that? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:40:35
        
        Youth Hostling - with Chris Eubanks. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:45:14
        
        poppy sellers (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 29, 15:36:31
        
        Those cunts. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:40:07
        
        They should just import a load from Afghanistan. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Oct 29, 15:42:05
        
        poppy sellers? (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 17:05:02
      - "most people know about churchills past" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:27:47
        
        agreed, his vile side has been totally glossed over and ignored (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:36:01
        
        His behaviour and attitude in South Africa is quite well documented, and widely known (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Oct 29, 15:35:21
        
        Only by those who choose to read it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:38:45
        
        true...... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:40:40
        
        You mean the Boer war wasn't important enough to teach children about? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:44:01
        
        I agree....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:48:09
        
        one journo with his piece appearing in 2 papers (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:54:39
        
        It's called a Book Review, love. Some Johnny writes a book, a bunch of other Johnnies rev (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:52:24
        
        are you sure? I looked when I first read it and it was in the News section (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:54:58
        
        End of the review ... (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:57:16
        
        hmm, it's not a book review, just a veiled advert (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:00:58
        
        It's a book review. Paragraph one cites the name of the book and the author. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 16:03:21
        
        it is indeed a review, but it purports to be a news story (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:07:07
        
        bit like Rememberance Sunday (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 16:02:27
        
        Rememberance Sunday is a veiled advert? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 16:09:38
        
        because it's a very thinly veiled promotion campaign for this new book (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:51:43
        
        "school history is just that, for schools" (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:42:15
        
        if you want to pack all this into 2 years of a GCSE.... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:45:19
        
        As is the First World War though. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Oct 29, 15:39:45
      - Typical Tory nonsense. "Shhh! Don't mention the racism!" (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:26:55
        
        its already been mentioned........ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:37:26
        
        Strike! (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 29, 15:39:33
        
        if that makes you happy. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:41:27
  - perhaps you would prefer The New York Times? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:12:18
    - copy and paste....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:17:54
      - you noticed that they're virtually the same article then? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:25:06
        
        yeah....kinda! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:25:56
        
        But that's what time is there for - to be wasted. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:30:06
        
        not when theres a friday afternoon deadline. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:38:09
        
        Ah, don't do those myself. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:39:30
        
        nor do i (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:41:53
        
        "didnt bother to read either" aha, that explains it... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:30:01
        
        isnt the gist......... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:39:16
        
        not really (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 29, 15:45:03
        
        no (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:42:08
    - I think the Daily Star is more Chelt's mark ;-) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 29, 15:17:15
      - nope, dont like the red tops....... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Oct 29, 15:19:16
    - ?I am strongly in favor of using poisoned gas against uncivilized tribes.? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 29, 15:14:22
      - Churchill's views are pretty clear in a lot of his writing (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:32:50
        
        .... (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:38:18
        
        *ignore, wrong place* (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 29, 15:39:36
        
        interesting though, it's all about nation building (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 29, 15:46:20

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