That is for certain.
Keith Thomas Leonard On Aug 5, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Stan A. Orchard wrote: > Ironically, Winston Churchill would have been widely regarded as something > akin to a "political terrorist" by the rank and file members, and certainly > by the executive, of his own Conservative Party during the abdication crisis, > appeasement, rearmament of Britain, and independence for India. He also > referred to Stanley Baldwin on his death as "that great turnip". Many of > these statements by Churchill are admirable and/or amusing in retrospect, but > they would have been seriously, and almost unforgiveably, offensive to most > Conservative loyalists at the time. > > Stan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Editor, Finest Hour > To: [email protected] > Cc: Dean Karayanis ; [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 6:47 AM > Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Abridged summary of [email protected] - > 5 Messages in 3 Topics > > On Sunday, August 4, 2013 10:30:08 PM UTC-4, Jonah Triebwasser wrote: > WSC...once called a > political opponent "the boneless wonder" and who said of the party > opposite during an election that, if they were elected, they would > need to "fall back on some kind of Gestapo" to implement their policies? > > Worse than that, Jonah, he called Nye Bevan, founder of that "other" > government healthcare system, the "Minister of Disease," I would not take > what Chris says for ratings too seriously, because like Churchill and his > Labour foes, he's quite collegial off camera--as is Senator Cruz. > > An old London friend of mine, lifetime Labour, once observed that the > practices of certain Labour-run London councils did indeed remind her of the > Gestapo.( I will omit any references to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.) > > We live in the age of 24/7 news bites. WSC, fortunately for him, didn't have > to guard his every word, only his public ones--which he very carefully > prepared. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
