RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore

An inspiration.

It's thanks to Sir Tom we have a country to live in, protecting the nation from the Nazi's. Thankfully Sir Tom survived WW2 while others in their late teens/early twenties died for us.

Sir Tom then showed the nation how in your late ninety's to raise £millions for the NHS. An inspiration for our younger generation of today.

On a very sad note I have not the words to describe my contempt for the person who gave KindstonMariner a X. Have some guts to print your name and say why Sir Tom is not an INSPIARTION.

We all have our differences on this forum which makes it so interesting but I think we can all come together on this what a great bloke sir Tom was....big respect.

RIP Tom the most loved man in the country by far.

A great achievement last year raising all the money he did and of course his war service.

Also managed to get a distraction knighthood and all of this mourning (a minute’s silence at PMQs - before they tagged the other 108k+ deaths on it). Half expecting BoZo to open the Covid briefing tonight that he’s getting a Trafalgar Square statue and four days national mourning. I wonder what news is going to break while it’s all going on 🤔

Quoted from Humbercod

We all have our differences on this forum which makes it so interesting but I think we can all come together on this what a great bloke sir Tom was....big respect.

Don’t know why the bozos red-crossed your post Humbo. Maybe they know something about Capt Tom that we don’t but they don’t want to share it.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Don’t know why the bozos red-crossed your post Humbo. Maybe they know something about Capt Tom that we don’t but they don’t want to share it.

Probably around thoughts similar to this post from elsewhere:

"At a 100, he had better innings than most of us will ever experience. His charity fundraiser last year was remarkable and he should be praised for this.

However, the blind ignorance shown by both him and his family to holiday during the worst pandemic in modern times is both baffling and frustrating. As someone who campaigned to support the NHS, surely people can see the hypocrisy in such a decision and the resulting burden it has caused upon his return.

It is all well and good to try and paint this in the light of ‘at his age you’d think intercourse it.’ Truth be told however, many would likely take the morale high ground and turn down this holiday, heck, even just to show support for the rest of the nation.

Reading the comments I was made aware of 101 year old lady doing 101 laps of her local park. It’s sad this wasn’t promoted further but it shows there was true meaning behind her fundraiser. Captain Tom, I feel was more an idea brought about by his family than himself, there is a stark difference between a woman walking her local park and a man doing laps of his impressive, huge garden."

Not sure anyone denies that it was a touching thing to do and should be applauded but this has caused a fantastic distraction for the government and has once again swerved people away from the fact the NHS is chronically underfunded.

I wasn’t aware of the holiday but I noticed initially some media outlets tried to run a sort of shock story that he hadn’t had a vaccine...then it became clear why.

I’m unsure why this chaos efforts were celebrated more than say the lady walking round her park but I guess nobody is really arsed.

It’s always sad when someone dies, no matter what the situation.

Judging by the handful of a busy Tesco’s clapping people either didn’t know, didn’t care or have just become numb to everything...

There are some sad people on here if you have to find a way of diminishing the efforts of a 100-year-old war veteran and inspiration to many in these sad times.

I suppose he was too "conservative" for some people to stomach. A lovely man, a loving family and so middle class -  too much to bear for our SJW's.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

There are some sad people on here if you have to find a way of diminishing the efforts of a 100-year-old war veteran and inspiration to many in these sad times.

I suppose he was too "conservative" for some people to stomach. A lovely man, a loving family and so middle class -  too much to bear for our SJW's.

It is possible to applaud his efforts and realise that he’s been used as a distraction a few times. For anyone capable of thinking for themselves.