On 29, Jan 2007, at 8:05, Will Chapman wrote:
> Bruce Napier wrote:
>> It's not just that BW are facing yet again assault by the civil
>> servants of the Treasury, but that it's doing so with this Quisling
>> figure at the helm urging them on.
>
> Quisling? Blimey Bruce that's a strong word!
Well it's a new one on me, so for any other PRVs around (Persons of
Restricted Vocabulary) here is an explanation, snipped from elsewhere.
<< Quisling is a word you didn’t hear very often, but has come back
into the modern political lexicon. Strangely, its resurgance is due to
George Galloway and the anti-war movement, who apply it to left-wing
trade unionists and other progressives in Iraq trying to build a civil
society.
The word quisling means a person who is a traitor to their country or
collaborates with their country’s enemies. It comes from the behaviour
of a Norwegian fascist politician Vidkun Quisling, who collaborated
with the Nazis. It seems a little unfair, not to mention historically
inaccurate, to be equating leftwing trade unionists with Vidkun
Quisling, although I suppose if you think Bush=Hitler then it is no
great leap of the imagination. >> end snip
It's a learning place, this canals list. A few years back I was
introduced to micturation through this esteemed organ.
Beeky
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