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| − | It says of him: ''A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. | + | The wikipedia article is missing some criticism but is probably fairly accurate. It says of him: ''A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the [[United States]]. |
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In an article entitled '''Cromwell and Churchill for "Worst Briton"''' he says: ''As someone who championed Shakespeare for the greatest Briton, I would have to vote for Cromwell as my worst - a man who closed down theatres, banned dancing and cancelled Christmas.... My other nomination is Churchill.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160058 AA Gill nominates Oliver Cromwell and Winston Churchill as the 'Worst Britons of all Time]. New Statemen 16 Dec 2002.</ref> | In an article entitled '''Cromwell and Churchill for "Worst Briton"''' he says: ''As someone who championed Shakespeare for the greatest Briton, I would have to vote for Cromwell as my worst - a man who closed down theatres, banned dancing and cancelled Christmas.... My other nomination is Churchill.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160058 AA Gill nominates Oliver Cromwell and Winston Churchill as the 'Worst Britons of all Time]. New Statemen 16 Dec 2002.</ref> | ||
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| + | Churchill was in no doubt that gas should be employed against the Kurds and Iraqis (as well as against other peoples in the Empire): | ||
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| + | "I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes." | ||
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*[[Document:The Kiss of Death|De-classified memos/minutes concerning use of poison gas against Iraqi Kurds and Germany.]] | *[[Document:The Kiss of Death|De-classified memos/minutes concerning use of poison gas against Iraqi Kurds and Germany.]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:49, 3 April 2014
 Winston Churchill    | |
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| Founder of | The Other Club |
| Member of | Galton Institute, The Other Club |
| Perpetrator of | Zinoviev Letter |
| Interest of | John Cadman, Henry Strakosch |
| Subpage | •Winston Churchill/Chemical warfare |
The wikipedia article is missing some criticism but is probably fairly accurate. It says of him: A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.
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Criticism
... Churchill was a man who met a moment, and the moment was much shorter than he's given credit for - about six months. He made four speeches, all of which were derivative of Shakespeare and Macaulay. Everything else about his wearyingly long public life was self-serving and disastrous: he was a terrible self-publicising hack; he was a loathed soldier; he was the worst First Sea Lord we ever had. A staggeringly inept Home Secretary, he was wrong about absolutely everything he set his sights on. He was responsible for the Dardanelles, the worst disaster of the First World War. He sent soldiers to shoot Welsh miners. He put field guns on to the streets of the East End of London. During the General Strike, he was so rabid that he had to be kept out of government, because he wanted to machine-gun bus drivers. Later, he was the worst sort of empire loyalist, desperate to hold on to India, and racist about Gandhi, that naked little fakir (frankly, if you had to choose the greater man between Gandhi and Churchill, there's no contest). He sent the Black and Tans into Ireland. He'd have bankrupted the country by returning us to the gold standard; he gave away large areas of eastern Europe to Stalin. And he was responsible for the disgraceful but forgotten war of intervention to support the White Russians at the end of the First World War. Altogether, he represents everything I find most dispiriting, snobbish, philistine, proudly anti-intellectual and stubbornly backward-looking about Britain.
The quote is from a News Statesman article by prominent British commentator, A A Gill.
In an article entitled Cromwell and Churchill for "Worst Briton" he says: As someone who championed Shakespeare for the greatest Briton, I would have to vote for Cromwell as my worst - a man who closed down theatres, banned dancing and cancelled Christmas.... My other nomination is Churchill.[1]
Chemical Weapon Use
- Full article: British use of Chemical weapons in Iraq
- Full article: British use of Chemical weapons in Iraq
Churchill was in no doubt that gas should be employed against the Kurds and Iraqis (as well as against other peoples in the Empire):
"I do not understand this squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes."
Links
- Winston Churchill and Chemical Weapons
- De-classified memos/minutes concerning use of poison gas against Iraqi Kurds and Germany.
An event carried out
| Event | Description |
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| Zinoviev Letter | MI5 fake letter published in the Daily Mail to destroy the 1924 Labour government |
A Quote by Winston Churchill
| Page | Quote |
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| School | “schools have not necessarily much to do with education... they are mainly institutions of control, where basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school.” |
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| 1948 Hague Congress | 7 May 1948 | 11 May 1948 | The Hague Netherlands | Landmark conference which had a profound influence on the shape of the European Movement. Many of the groups organizing the conference received covert funding from the CIA. |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Nothing has Changed | Article | 10 November 2017 | John Warren | The ill-judged words of the present Prime Minister perhaps accidentally illuminate something important about the true character of the Conservative Party: “Nothing has Changed”. |
| Document:The Monstrous Winston Churchill | article | 15 April 2010 | Kevin MacDonald | A brief introduction to Judaic influence on the career of Winston Churchill |
References
- ↑ AA Gill nominates Oliver Cromwell and Winston Churchill as the 'Worst Britons of all Time. New Statemen 16 Dec 2002.
