General Chat

Oh and Barry, Sparrow has not answered her thread recently! He/She has cut and run as they say!

I wouldn't mind giving Enoch another try! If he is still alive that is!
Anything must me better than the shambles the UK have at the moment!

That is a Cop Out on your part, *They Are All The Same* does not get anyones vote, does it? Because you cannot not be bothered!

~~~and you are living in a country..with a great..politian! (not!)

They are ALL the same...they dance the tune..sing the song...

but badly!

~~~Im kinda..liberal lol ;)

You Should Vote Lily, Maybe this is the reason that the Labour Government have stayed in power for oh so long? (Too Long)
People who stop voting, such as yourself, have a lot to answer for I'm afraid.

~~~I dont trust politicians..Ruth..not one iota..

~~Things have changed in this country...regarding politians...I dont vote...(feel guilty..because...of Emily Pankhurst)..but Im not going to vote for sake of it..they are all liars...
I rather vote for Peter Pan!...lol..at least it would be a happier fantasy!...get my drift?... ; )

True
We can only use our own intelligence, and make up our own minds, As much as we can say for the present politicians, don't you think?

~~things get `hyped` up...things exaggerated....lies told....

I only ask...because..I saw Sir Issac Newtons death mask!..lol...and not seen Churchills!..so he was the closest I got...to being `near`..a legend..so to speak..
....It is very hard..to...have a view on someone..when you have not lived through that moment

Life is all so propaganda..ish..you never know what to believe..

*Churchill* Lily, Please Pay More Attention!

which great man?..Churchill?...or Issac Newton?

Oh and Brenda, I couldn't agree with you more, we have no-one now to compare with him, I am sure you were proud to have been in the same vicinity as this great man

~~~I myself got the wrath of her in the 1980s..when she got everyone to do the Y.T.S...

not quite. much as fun as the Y.W.C.A

party pooper!!

~~~Ummm(!)

well.....what can I say..apart from...I lived in Grantham..went to school there..the town of Thatcher..she went to high school there..many yrs prior..that town was famous for 3 things.....

Sir Issac Newton..
Maggie T.
and.boring town...circa..1980/81!! lol

Well Actually I was a Thatcherite when I lived in the UK, But thats between me and you Lily!

~~he did that..for sure...he had charisma..goes a long way in politics..have not seen any one that has matched him...since.

Winston strutting his stuff?..lol He was a smart cookie...for sure..

Exactly Lily, that is my point enirely, he strutted his stuff!

~~~lol~~inter...esting....

It is hard for me to form an opinion..(when I wasnt not even born)..I can only go by newspaper things..my history lessons..looking up on google..to get a `picture`
yes, he was probably a `functioning` alcoholic...but he got Britain where we needed to be..for that time..

~~Brits I think have a soft affection for a lovelable rogue~~

and back to the original question,

Winston Churchill, perhaps the most admired sot in British public life, insisted: 'I have taken more out of drink than it has taken out of me.' His colleague Rab Butler once tried to match Churchill drink for drink, and ended up pouring goblets of brandy into his shoes rather than admit defeat.

Churchill was what, in modern parlance, is known as a 'functioning alcoholic': someone who can drink heavily and still hold it together professionally. The British people have a lot of sympathy with this position.

Thats why we love him so much I reckon!