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In article ,
Bill Wright writes:
Here's the Daily Telegraph's opinion:
snip

I've just read my own copy of the paper, and can't find the quoted bit
in either the news story, the obituary or the piece in the leader
column. Perhaps it only appears in the online edition?
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:42:58 -0000, "Rick" wrote:



"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Here's the Daily Telegraph's opinion:


Fourth, and perhaps most important, he was so gloriously and
unapologetically politically incorrect. This would have won him few
favours in today's gag-inducingly bien pensant BBC.

He was, in short, the incarnation of the quintessentially English values
which are now being celebrated defiantly by UKIP - a party that Sir
Patrick was proud to support. He will be very much missed.


I'm surprised that we haven't had your arch nemesis 'Sheila' (aka young
Jamie?) foaming at the mouth and berating you as a racist for having
admiration towards such a man.

"He was an opponent of fox hunting and blood sports in general, he was
also
a strong Eurosceptic and an admirer of Enoch Powell. In the 1970s, he held
a
staunch anti-immigration position, and was Chairman of an entity named the
United Country Party before its merger with the New Britain Party."

and hated foreigners, was anti-EEC.

He spent part of the war as a bomber navigator, but hated the Germans
because his girl friend was killed in bombing raid on London.


Lied about his age to enlist and was prepared to put his life on the line in
defence of this country, doing a job in which life expectancy wasn't usually
very long, I'd take people of his ilk any day over our waste of time
politicians whose policies have been deliberately overseeing the destruction
of these islands for the last 60 years, little wonder he despised them so
much.

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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:49:58 +0100, Martin wrote:

He spent part of the war as a bomber navigator, but hated the Germans
because his girl friend was killed in bombing raid on London.

On the subject of the loss of his fiance:

¡We didn¢t have enough time. And now we¢re making friends with the Germans.
If I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I¢d push it down.
There may be good, courteous, friendly Germans, but I haven¢t met them.¢

Don't beat about the bush PM, say what you think!

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In article ,
CD writes:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:49:58 +0100, Martin wrote:

He spent part of the war as a bomber navigator, but hated the Germans
because his girl friend was killed in bombing raid on London.

On the subject of the loss of his fiance:

¡We didn‚t have enough time. And now we‚re making friends with the Germans.
If I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I‚d push it down.
There may be good, courteous, friendly Germans, but I haven‚t met them.‚

Don't beat about the bush PM, say what you think!

It doesn't sound as though he was too courteous and friendly to any
Germans that he met!
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

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In article , CD
wrote:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:49:58 +0100, Martin wrote:

He spent part of the war as a bomber navigator, but hated the Germans
because his girl friend was killed in bombing raid on London.

On the subject of the loss of his fiance:

¡We didn¢t have enough time. And now we¢re making friends with the
Germans. If I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I¢d push
it down. There may be good, courteous, friendly Germans, but I haven¢t
met them.¢

Don't beat about the bush PM, say what you think!

in the first half (or much of it) of the 20th century, the Germans were our
eneny. Before then they helped us beat the French at Waterloo.

I've met many courteous Germans - I've also met arrogant ones. Much like
the English.

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

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In article ,
Rick wrote:
I'm surprised that we haven't had your arch nemesis 'Sheila' (aka young
Jamie?) foaming at the mouth and berating you as a racist for having
admiration towards such a man.

"He was an opponent of fox hunting and blood sports in general, he was
also a strong Eurosceptic and an admirer of Enoch Powell. In the 1970s,
he held a staunch anti-immigration position, and was Chairman of an
entity named the United Country Party before its merger with the New
Britain Party."

[Extract from Wiki]

Proudly declaring himself to be English (rather than British) with "not
the slightest wish to integrate with anybody",[60] he stated his
admiration for controversial former MP Enoch Powell.[64] Moore devoted an
entire chapter ("The Weak Arm of the Law") of his autobiography to
denouncing modern British society, particularly "motorist-hunting"
policemen, sentencing policy, as well as the Race Relations Act, Sex
Discrimination Act and the "Thought Police/Politically Correct
Brigade".[65] He later wrote that "homosexuals are mainly responsible for
the spreading of AIDS (the Garden of Eden is home of Adam and Eve, not
Adam and Steve)".[66] He cited his opposition to blood sports and capital
punishment to dispute claims that he had radical ultra right-wing
views.[60]

In an interview with Radio Times, he provocatively asserted that the BBC
was being "ruined by women", commenting that: "The trouble is that the BBC
now is run by women and it shows: soap operas, cooking, quizzes,
kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days." In
response, a BBC spokeswoman described Moore as being one of TV's
best-loved figures and remarked that his "forthright" views were "what we
all love about him".[67] In his June 2002 appearance on Room 101 he
banished female news readers into Room 101.[68]

I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that
dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time."

˜Moore responds to those who criticise his Euro-sceptic and right-wing
beliefs.[69]

He was an opponent of fox hunting and blood sports.[70] Though not a
vegetarian, he stated that he held "a deep contempt for people who go out
to kill merely to amuse themselves."[71] He was a lifelong animal lover,
actively supporting many animal welfare charities (particularly Cats
Protection). He had a particular affinity for cats and stated that "a
catless house is a soulless house".[72]

--
*I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:20:46 -0000, Graham. wrote:

On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 23:13:01 +0000, CD wrote:

The highlight of the month for me on TV, & here's to hoping TSAN
carries on
in his memory with his supporting regulars.

Just watched his final show, must say I had a lump in the throat as he
signed off, telling us he'd be back to tell us how to get the best from
your new telescope that you may have got for christmas.

A broadcasting legend.

Quite so.
And what other broadcaster would have granted him his wish to continue
until the end? Well done BBC.

They didn't with Alistair Cooke.


As for the show continuing? Well if it is going to keep it's academic
core and not be dumbed down, then yes; but I'm not holding my breath.





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Money/Life question

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Stanley Daniel de Liver wrote:

Graham. wrote:

what other broadcaster would have granted him his wish to continue
until the end? Well done BBC.

They didn't with Alistair Cooke.

ISTR that was his choice, and taken within a few weeks of his death.

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In article , John Hall wrote:
In fact I would
suggest that this is something of a golden age for the science
documentary,

gasp!

as there seem to have been more in the last couple of years
than I can ever remember.

Oh I see. You're talking about quantity, not quality.

Rod.
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:49:58 +0100, Martin wrote:

and hated foreigners, was anti-EEC.

He spent part of the war as a bomber navigator, but hated the Germans
because his girl friend was killed in bombing raid on London.

Hypocritical old ****, in other words.
I wonder how many peoples' girlfriends he killed?