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Quoted from rancido

And if the Government had taken more notice of his warnings about Hitler's expansionist and aggressive plans instead of Chamberlain waving a bit of paper and saying "peace in our time" then World War 2 might have been avoided.

Oooh a few on here won't like that, but well said.

Quoted from rancido

Well the evidence for the emergence of the last three major flu type viruses to emerge from China - Avian Flu, SARS and now coronavirus, all involve practices in animal husbandry and hygiene that wouldn't be tolerated in this country or the EU. For one thing the slaughtering of animals in the UK is strictly controlled and certainly isn't allowed on some stall on a market such as Freeman St or Top Town.

Spot on

When we start testing more people if a NHS worker is tested on a Monday and then works when do you re- test them again, it could be that some people get tested many times, so with a population of about 60 million do we need to have hundreds of millions of test kits. Not forgetting the rest of the world wants these kits also.

Quoted from Gaffer58

When we start testing more people if a NHS worker is tested on a Monday and then works when do you re- test them again, it could be that some people get tested many times, so with a population of about 60 million do we need to have hundreds of millions of test kits. Not forgetting the rest of the world wants these kits also.

.... and a high percentage of these kits are produced in China - isn't it ironic!

Quoted from Marinerz93

Always the negative Nelly aren't you, I don't think the fleet hesitating and losing the advantage was part of Churchill's plan nor the lack of troops he got from the War Office, but as the man in charge he took the blame for what he believed would end the war a lot sooner, arrogance probably played a part in that. However he did learn from that and became the leader we needed in our darkest hour.

https://www.history.com/news/winston-churchills-world-war-disaster

The invasion had been scuttled by incompetence and hesitancy by military commanders, but, fairly or unfairly, Churchill was the scapegoat.

Simply pointing out that the sun didn't shine out of Churchill's bottom and Boris Johnson is not fit to wipe it anyway

Quoted from rancido

And if the Government had taken more notice of his warnings about Hitler's expansionist and aggressive plans instead of Chamberlain waving a bit of paper and saying "peace in our time" then World War 2 might have been avoided.

and no sodomist would have heard of him!

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Don’t be forgetting the ‘soft underbelly of Europe’. His finest hour.

And Norway 1940.

Quoted from Ipswin

Simply pointing out that the sun didn't shine out of Churchill's bottom and Boris Johnson is not fit to wipe it anyway

That's not what you said though was it Mr Gumpy pants. If you did there would be no need to reply with a correction, as I agree with the above.

Quoted from Marinerz93

That's not what you said though was it Mr Gumpy pants. If you did there would be no need to reply with a correction, as I agree with the above.

I'm sorry once again (as usual) I don't understand your agrument

You seemed to think it was the moment for Johnson to step up to Churchill's example, I tried to point out that Churchill was by no means the perfect example and hero he is seen by many to be by trferring to the disasterous Gallipoli campaign. You made excuses for him. I pointed out the sun did not shine out of his bottom (others seemed to agree) but that Johnson is still, however imperfect Churchill was, not in his league

Quoted from Ipswin

I'm sorry once again (as usual) I don't understand your agrument

You seemed to think it was the moment for Johnson to step up to Churchill's example, I tried to point out that Churchill was by no means the perfect example and hero he is seen by many to be by trferring to the disasterous Gallipoli campaign. You made excuses for him. I pointed out the sun did not shine out of his bottom (others seemed to agree) but that Johnson is still, however imperfect Churchill was, not in his league

I'm not arguing with you. In life you often improve the way you do things from past experiences be they good or bad, the thing is to learn from them. The point you made was choosing a point prior to Churchill's finest hour by highlighting a military campaign he planned that failed to variables outside his control and plan. As for others agreeing with you, there are a few on here who hate this country so no surprise any post that knocks this great country gets some support.

Churchill had many flaws, as do most of us. He was however one of the greatest leaders the country has had when we were knee deep in excrement. It would be fantastic if that were to happen again wouldn't you agree considering the state of the country/economy right now. So it is indeed a moment for Johnson to step up, just like Churchill did at the time and give us inspiration and guidance out of the darkness that has engulfed this great nation. Will it happen, odds on no, is there harm or malice in wanting this, no, does Boris Johnson really post on the fishy, I'll leave that one to you.

Well this thread has taken another turn - starting to get a bit non-football now can we brin... ah, forget it.