RedRob72 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The Man who was voted the Greatest EVER Briton, by the people of Britain in the BBC TV top 100 poll, but discredited and denigrated by the P&B faithful, par for the course, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, RedRob72 said: The Man who was voted the Greatest EVER Briton, by the people of Britain in the BBC TV top 100 poll, but discredited and denigrated by the P&B faithful, par for the course, I suppose. Great engagement with the constructive criticisms of his views and political record we've had in this thread, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great engagement with the constructive criticisms of his views and political record we've had in this thread, there. His achievements are very well documented, there seemed little point in cutting & pasting them on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 The Man who was voted the Greatest EVER Briton, by the people of Britain in the BBC TV top 100 poll, but discredited and denigrated by the P&B faithful, par for the course, I suppose. Media driven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The Man who was voted the Greatest EVER Briton, by the people of Britain in the BBC TV top 100 poll, but discredited and denigrated by the P&B faithful, par for the course, I suppose. The same poll put Princess Diana 3rd, Michael Crawford at 17, James Connolly at 64, Aleister Crowley at 73 and Robbie Williams at 77Everyone is entitled to their opinion on posh slappers, faux Irish terrorists, Some mothers do have 'em, weirdo occultist and boy bands.Personally I'd have thought that the smallpox vaccine, the World Wide Web, electromagnetism or the lord of the rings were better claims but there you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The same poll put Princess Diana 3rd, Michael Crawford at 17, James Connolly at 64, Aleister Crowley at 73 and Robbie Williams at 77Everyone is entitled to their opinion on posh slappers, faux Irish terrorists, Some mothers do have 'em, weirdo occultist and boy bands.Personally I'd have thought that the smallpox vaccine, the World Wide Web, electromagnetism or the lord of the rings were better claims but there you go Fair point, but pretty sure that Darwin, Shakespeare and IK Brunel were all up near the top of the list to provide some sensible competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Frank Spencer - officially greater than the man who invented Penicillin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Fair point, but pretty sure that Darwin, Shakespeare and IK Brunel were all up near the top of the list to provide some sensible competition. Darwin and Shakespeare were in the top 10 but the fact that they were behind Princess Diana is kind of the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The same poll put Princess Diana 3rd, Michael Crawford at 17, James Connolly at 64, Aleister Crowley at 73 and Robbie Williams at 77 Everyone is entitled to their opinion on posh slappers, faux Irish terrorists, Some mothers do have 'em, weirdo occultist and boy bands. Personally I'd have thought that the smallpox vaccine, the World Wide Web, electromagnetism or the lord of the rings were better claims but there you go I might be wrong on this but did Enoch Powell not also poll really highly so they had to pull him as it would have been too controversial? Edit: nope, they kept him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstarstranraer Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 3 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: Did Churchill fight in the trenches in the first world war? Churchill did not 'fight in the trenches' during the First World War but he did take up a commission on the Western Front after he had to resign from the government after the Dardanelles debacle. At this time he did make several forays into no man's land and visited the trenches on a number of occasions exposing himself to some danger. He also actually fought in several colonial wars, such as the Boer War, Sudan and I think on a number of occasions in India/Pakistan. That doesn't mean he was actually any kind of military expert or excuses him from meddling in strategic and tactical matters he didn't really understand in either world war, but he was evidently not a personal coward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 This Top 100 Britons list sounds like a larf. I'll have a look, thinks I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons David Beckham at 32. Boy George at 46. Cliff Richard at 56. The Irish Bob Geldof at 75. Quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Guy Fawkes, a failed terrorist who we celebrate burning an effigy of, every year, got number 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstarstranraer Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 7 minutes ago, jmothecat said: I might be wrong on this but did Enoch Powell not also poll really highly so they had to pull him as it would have been too controversial? As far as I can see they left him in. He made it to 55th. Not as highly rated as Eric Morecambe or Beckham (32nd & 33rd), or Steve Redgrave (36) and Boy George (46). Not even as well regarded as a mythical figure (King Arthur 51). He did though best Cliff Richard by one spot and absolutely trounced Bob Geldof (75) and Bono (86), who somehow made it onto the list. So for a man who ended his political career widely derided as a bigot he did alright. Using that survey as an argument for anything is a total joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Great choice for 67 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 3 minutes ago, jmothecat said: Great choice for 67 though. Without checking I'm going to guess it's your man Tony. Edit: Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstarstranraer Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The survey was done in 2002. Sadly for Blairites I doubt Tony's image is as positive in the popular perception these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 P&B should do a Bottom 100 Brits list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 6 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: P&B should do a Bottom 100 Brits list. I'm voting for Neil Doncaster...... The fucking cockwomble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Churchill.........St Valery.........no miracle of dunkirk for us. Churchill may be a hero to the brainwashed britnat type, but......jist no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Churchill also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his ....."mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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