Ironically, Winston Churchill would have been widely regarded as something akin to a "political terrorist" by the rank and file members, and certainly by the executive, of his own Conservative Party during the abdication crisis, appeasement, rearmament of Britain, and independence for India. He also referred to Stanley Baldwin on his death as "that great turnip". Many of these statements by Churchill are admirable and/or amusing in retrospect, but they would have been seriously, and almost unforgiveably, offensive to most Conservative loyalists at the time.
Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Editor, Finest Hour To: [email protected] Cc: Dean Karayanis ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Abridged summary of [email protected] - 5 Messages in 3 Topics On Sunday, August 4, 2013 10:30:08 PM UTC-4, Jonah Triebwasser wrote: WSC...once called a political opponent "the boneless wonder" and who said of the party opposite during an election that, if they were elected, they would need to "fall back on some kind of Gestapo" to implement their policies? Worse than that, Jonah, he called Nye Bevan, founder of that "other" government healthcare system, the "Minister of Disease," I would not take what Chris says for ratings too seriously, because like Churchill and his Labour foes, he's quite collegial off camera--as is Senator Cruz. An old London friend of mine, lifetime Labour, once observed that the practices of certain Labour-run London councils did indeed remind her of the Gestapo.( I will omit any references to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.) We live in the age of 24/7 news bites. WSC, fortunately for him, didn't have to guard his every word, only his public ones--which he very carefully prepared. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
