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Muck me old micker
How the devil are you?

Fine and dandy young Errol.

In the middle of kidding season here.

ah the best season



Off to bed now night all (Ruth - I'm sorry x)

I was referring to the fact..of it becoming daylight..and made a reference to vampires..it had no bearing on you..or anything..Im sorry if you misunderstood..I was making a joke being a vampire..

Instead of "Concentration Camps" insert "Gulags" similar thing just a different name.Errol,If you want to get a real insight into Winston Churchill,Read His Book," The History of The English Speaking People" His use of Language is brilliant,such as." There were the Good Times, There were Bad Times,and the "Voice of the Turtle was heard in the Land" **M**.

Back to the original topic....

I believe that Churchill was a wonderful prime minister,and that we may have been under German rule now if he hadn't been the leader,and that's what he was...a great leader
I was at school during the war,and as someone said he was charismatic and a true Brit.He stood up for his principles,even crossing the House once to the other side for his beliefs.
Travelled on a train with him,from London to Manchester when I'd been on a school trip,this was after the war,but he had "presence" unlike a lot of ours today who seem to be out for themselves.
A wonderful artist as well.

Churchill was a lovable rogue. You couldn,t be a war leader and caring at the same time. He was a leader, what the country needed then and needs almost as much, now.
As a boy he filled me with pride and people would follow him anywhere.
Without him, we would all have been speaking German now.
Happy days

Don,t think it will be too long before we do Harry,Or French.**M**.

~n~......I/C for Errols attention!

hmmm

Only just come back online,tonight, after your personal messages, and aplologies on this thread; (Errol and Lily)
I feel now, that you were not attacking me personally, and hope to join in more of your debates in the future.

hello Ruth : )
nice to see you

~~~would you believe it was near 5am..when we were in that debate!!

I was joking about being a vampire..and daylight getting me..hence the ARRRRhhhhhhhhhh!

lolo

I think that maybe I over reacted Lily!

Hope we can get over this.

I look forward to future debates with yourself and Errol.

~~I love a good debate...I will not ridicule..I take things on board...I may be sarky at times...

ok....why dont you start a thread?...of ur interest?..

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!

~~~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~~

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

~~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..

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