Winston Churchill

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender…”

Hey Tony, pull your socks up. Photo: Getty Images.

Those are the most famous fighting words in modern history, uttered by Britain’s war-time Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill.

They inspired a nation to ultimate victory, but these days if he were an Australian Prime Minister or Opposition Leader, he could be talking about the Gillard Government’s controversial carbon tax.

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    07:28pm | 23/07/11

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    01:59pm | 23/07/11

    In a progressive country change is constant; ...change… is inevitable.   Thank you Ben. Read more »

 

Today in 1951 Winston Churchill won the British general election and became prime minister for the second time.

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Having Mick Malthouse as your coach is like being punished for a crime you haven’t committed. Malthouse is small-minded, bad-tempered, lacks discipline and shirks responsibility. He’s quite unpleasant.

Malthouse: A riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a black and white tracksuit.

Now we know that he is a liar, and that’s a problem, because lying isn’t a mistake you make, it’s a character flaw.

It is yet another pointy arrow in Malthouse’s quiver of shortcomings, joining his over-sensitivity, profanity and lack of courage.

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  • A dose of Reality says:

    01:08pm | 24/04/10

    Read up on Monash again, you’ve got it wrong.  Currie was a Canadian.  If the war had continued for another year Currie would have been appointed by the allies as the High commander (rather than the butcher, haig) with Monash as his deputy.  Their co-ordinated use of the different elements… Read more »

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    05:35pm | 23/04/10

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