This looks like a fantastic debate! I wish I could be in London to see this too--especially to cheer Sir Martin on. :) I hope there's a transcript published here for those who can't be there in person.
Pat Finnegan Syracuse, NY On May 12, 12:54 pm, "Editor/Finest Hour" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>How seriously can O'Reilly damage Churchill's reputation? I'd rather see > >>someone take on Mr. Buchanan. :) >> > > We already did; see David Freeman, "A Polemic, Not a History" in > Finest Hour 139. > > But there's more fun to come, and it will be like shooting fish in a > barrel. From FH 142 Ampersand column, by Paul Courtenay, upcoming: > > At 7 pm on Thursday 3 September—the 70th anniversary of the outbreak > of World War II—Intelligence Squared will be hosting a debate at the > Royal Geographical Society in Exhibition Road, London, on the motion: > “This House believes Winston Churchill was more of a liability than an > asset in the Second World War.” Professor Norman Stone and Pat > Buchanan will be proposing the motion and Sir Martin Gilbert, > Professor Anthony Beevor and Andrew Roberts will be opposing it. We > look forward to this as much as Churchill and Lloyd George did to > confronting the Commons old boys in 1905. Tickets to this blessed > event are available fromwww.intelligencesquared.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
