Brewed for Winston Churchill to thank him for the liberation of Denmark in particular and Western Europe in general.Originally Posted by IUFG
the choice of drink of tramps, g
He's the rare example of a good Tory. Was in the govt that gave us the people's budget and Parl Act and had Spesh brewed for him.
we could always forget his terrible racism, in particular the Indians.
he also took gifts and cash from private businesses in return for influence in the UK political scene.
in short, he was just like modern politicians. Except the politicians around nowadays don't get sickly, over-strength lagers made for them.
Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.
It seems harsh to define him as racist. He was an Edwardian, maybe even Victorian gentleman; his views on race were on the liberal side of prevailing attitudes.
I've considered Winston at some length and have come to the conclusion that, overall, he was pretty alright.
Oh, he was an anti-Indian racist, C.
As you say, a lot of his class were. But a lot who had been there, whether George Orwell or Douglas Jardine loved the place.
He just hated the fact that they wanted independence and without India our empire, which he loved, was pointless.
As you say, he was a Victorian. But there were lots of Indophile Victorians just like there were lots of racist ones.
By the way, the language is Sinhala, the ethnicity Sinhalese.
Politicians are cünts.
But cünts that introduce the welfare state, taking away power from the Lords in the process and get Spesh brewed for them, are better cünts than the rest.
Spoken like a true Blairite, sir. Untroubled by such trifles as sending in troops and tanks against workers.
Quite an interesting summary of WC's controversies here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29701767
Fairly balanced, but with the pro-Churchill voices somehow always having the last word.
All Tories abuse the poor. Not all Tories have given me Spesh. Jeez, it's not rocket science.
Harsh, imo. Everybody abuses the poor! That's why they're poor. Even the poor abuse the poor
If you don't want to be abused, don't be poor.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
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