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Topic History of: Churchill
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SP17	See my Winston Churchill post. Maundy Gregory was also a mate of WC. Not only did Winston ask 'cash for questions' - he also sold titles. Google - Maundy, to see how so many (for example, Brabazon, Wray, Cavendish/Devonshire/Curzon/) bought their status. Many still (families) are part of the Consevatives. Macmillan married a Duke's daughter (Dukedom bought by a Derbyshire farmer) - but was not good enough (for their elevated status), although a good Prime Minister... Hence - she lived with another chap for decades. A PM's wife - but nobody told us. LEST WE FORGET........
andrew	JK2006 wrote: Most interesting watching the tributes to realise he was a very flawed man who made more bad decisions than good ones but at the time of need came roaring through. A bit like my heroes - and rivals to Churchill as Greatest Brit Ever - Dickens and Shakespeare. Rereading The Old Curiosity Shop (as I've been doing over the past few months) there are quite dreadful passages next to sheer genius. A soppy sod my nan's calls him followed by 'A dreadful PM who was worse than Blair.'
JK2006	Most interesting watching the tributes to realise he was a very flawed man who made more bad decisions than good ones but at the time of need came roaring through. A bit like my heroes - and rivals to Churchill as Greatest Brit Ever - Dickens and Shakespeare. Rereading The Old Curiosity Shop (as I've been doing over the past few months) there are quite dreadful passages next to sheer genius.