| There's a Turk on Question Time 20:19 - Apr 16 with 3120 views | dickythorpe |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 08:54 - Apr 17 with 756 views | raynor94 |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 08:41 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Killy if you’re looking for a Welshman who laid the actual foundations for the creation of the welfare state you need to put your focus on the achievements of Lloyd George and his 1911 Budget.
Then the next time you’re in town and walking through the Picton Arcade, passing by Picton Yard or traipsing down Picton Terrace stop for a moment and let the name sink in...  |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 08:56 - Apr 17 with 756 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 23:37 - Apr 16 by FieryJack |
True enough.
Evans is probably the only real Welsh one on that list, and considering he's a Tory, I found him to be likeable enough.
Many years ago, when I lived in Townhill, I used to roll up to his newsagents at Pen-Y-Graig roundabout on a Sunday morning to pick up The Observer, and, despite me buying what he might have considered a Liberal-Leftie rag, he was always immaculately polite and cheerful.
On the other hand, he might just have fancied me 😯 |
” On the other hand, he might just have fancied me”
Well, you never know...  |  |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:04 - Apr 17 with 742 views | blackswan |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 22:35 - Apr 16 by Lohengrin |
Sir Thomas Picton would have disagreed, Killy, and he was ten times the man Bevan ever was. |
Have just read simon scarrow 4 book series on napoleon and Wellington. Thomas Picton was the highest ranking officer killed at Waterloo |  | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:15 - Apr 17 with 729 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:04 - Apr 17 by blackswan |
Have just read simon scarrow 4 book series on napoleon and Wellington. Thomas Picton was the highest ranking officer killed at Waterloo |
Yes he was. He was also a sitting member of Parliament at the time of Waterloo. Could you imagine Chris Grayling leading a desperate bayonet charge? | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:23 - Apr 17 with 714 views | blackswan |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:15 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Yes he was. He was also a sitting member of Parliament at the time of Waterloo. Could you imagine Chris Grayling leading a desperate bayonet charge? |
More like a doughnut charge on the buffet. Will try to get the Thomas Picton book mentioned should be an interesting read. Stay safe | | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:28 - Apr 17 with 708 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:23 - Apr 17 by blackswan |
More like a doughnut charge on the buffet. Will try to get the Thomas Picton book mentioned should be an interesting read. Stay safe |
Have you read Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Sharpe’ books? Most of them have the Peninsular War as the backdrop and Picton gets a regular mention. Absolutely brilliant pot-boilers they are, all of them. A wild ride from start to finish. They’d make for tremendous company during this lockdown.
You stay safe too, mate. All of you boys and girls on here. [Post edited 17 Apr 2020 9:29]
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:37 - Apr 17 with 691 views | WarwickHunt |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 23:56 - Apr 16 by raynor94 |
Surely Graiglwyd roundabout |
Known to locals as Robber Evans’ shop. |  | | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:47 - Apr 17 with 678 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 22:52 - Apr 16 by Lohengrin |
Read this if you haven’t already, mate:
Boys’ Own stuff. What a man!  |
A better man than Bevan? Judge them by the fruits of their labours.
Both are hardly comparable anyway. |  |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:49 - Apr 17 with 674 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:15 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Yes he was. He was also a sitting member of Parliament at the time of Waterloo. Could you imagine Chris Grayling leading a desperate bayonet charge? |
Decking hell mun you can’t judge everyone against the military FFS. | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:58 - Apr 17 with 671 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:47 - Apr 17 by Brynmill_Jack |
A better man than Bevan? Judge them by the fruits of their labours.
Both are hardly comparable anyway. |
Picton gave his life leading from the front at one of the great turning points in European history and helped save these islands from a tyrant.
Bevan walked away from his post in a huff squabbling about dentures.
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:00 - Apr 17 with 666 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:49 - Apr 17 by Brynmill_Jack |
Decking hell mun you can’t judge everyone against the military FFS. |
Of course I can. Not only that I can do it sat here puffing on a Peterson Irish Sea pipe nodding contentedly to myself.
God! I’m bored... | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:03 - Apr 17 with 663 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:58 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Picton gave his life leading from the front at one of the great turning points in European history and helped save these islands from a tyrant.
Bevan walked away from his post in a huff squabbling about dentures.
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I’m not disparaging Picton, just your complete indifference to a man who helped millions and millions of British subjects. Now THERE’S a patriot. | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:18 - Apr 17 with 654 views | Lohengrin |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:03 - Apr 17 by Brynmill_Jack |
I’m not disparaging Picton, just your complete indifference to a man who helped millions and millions of British subjects. Now THERE’S a patriot. |
Why do people persist with the myth of Bevan as ‘creator’ of the welfare state? You must know that all of the groundwork, all of the heavy lifting, was done by others. Not all of them Labour politicians either, not by a long chalk.
Bevan never made this ‘father of’ claim himself, this is just an epithet that seems to have evolved slowly in the decades since the war and taken hold. | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:27 - Apr 17 with 637 views | Brynmill_Jack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:18 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Why do people persist with the myth of Bevan as ‘creator’ of the welfare state? You must know that all of the groundwork, all of the heavy lifting, was done by others. Not all of them Labour politicians either, not by a long chalk.
Bevan never made this ‘father of’ claim himself, this is just an epithet that seems to have evolved slowly in the decades since the war and taken hold. |
I’m talking about the NHS. Obviously. | |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:27 - Apr 17 with 632 views | Highjack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 10:18 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Why do people persist with the myth of Bevan as ‘creator’ of the welfare state? You must know that all of the groundwork, all of the heavy lifting, was done by others. Not all of them Labour politicians either, not by a long chalk.
Bevan never made this ‘father of’ claim himself, this is just an epithet that seems to have evolved slowly in the decades since the war and taken hold. |
Lloyd George started it all off thirty odd years previously. |  |
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:38 - Apr 17 with 606 views | WxmJax |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 08:41 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Killy if you’re looking for a Welshman who laid the actual foundations for the creation of the welfare state you need to put your focus on the achievements of Lloyd George and his 1911 Budget.
Then the next time you’re in town and walking through the Picton Arcade, passing by Picton Yard or traipsing down Picton Terrace stop for a moment and let the name sink in... |
Aye, remember that this name is associated with a man who authorised the torture of a 14 year old girl, amongst others. Not someone I would call a hero.
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:38 - Apr 17 with 606 views | blackswan |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:28 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Have you read Bernard Cornwell’s ‘Sharpe’ books? Most of them have the Peninsular War as the backdrop and Picton gets a regular mention. Absolutely brilliant pot-boilers they are, all of them. A wild ride from start to finish. They’d make for tremendous company during this lockdown.
You stay safe too, mate. All of you boys and girls on here. [Post edited 17 Apr 2020 9:29]
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Saw the Sharpe tv series will have to get the books now I have plenty of time on my hands have never read so much | | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:49 - Apr 17 with 588 views | FieryJack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:38 - Apr 17 by blackswan |
Saw the Sharpe tv series will have to get the books now I have plenty of time on my hands have never read so much |
Whilst your doing all this reading, make a mental note of where full stops and commas are used |  | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:53 - Apr 17 with 585 views | blackswan |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:49 - Apr 17 by FieryJack |
Whilst your doing all this reading, make a mental note of where full stops and commas are used |
Really get a life | | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:55 - Apr 17 with 577 views | Jinxy |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:49 - Apr 17 by FieryJack |
Whilst your doing all this reading, make a mental note of where full stops and commas are used |
Could have done with a full stop at the end of that sentence. Just saying. |  | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:58 - Apr 17 with 572 views | FieryJack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:53 - Apr 17 by blackswan |
Really get a life |
Sorry, mate.
I should have resisted the temptation to do that.
Anyway, more fool me - I left a full stop at the end of my last post.  | | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:59 - Apr 17 with 567 views | FieryJack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:55 - Apr 17 by Jinxy |
Could have done with a full stop at the end of that sentence. Just saying. |
Yeah, just spotted it.
Serves me right. | | | |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 12:10 - Apr 17 with 550 views | Kilkennyjack |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 11:38 - Apr 17 by WxmJax |
Aye, remember that this name is associated with a man who authorised the torture of a 14 year old girl, amongst others. Not someone I would call a hero.
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| There's a Turk on Question Time on 12:22 - Apr 17 with 535 views | monmouth |
| There's a Turk on Question Time on 09:15 - Apr 17 by Lohengrin |
Yes he was. He was also a sitting member of Parliament at the time of Waterloo. Could you imagine Chris Grayling leading a desperate bayonet charge? |
Yes, yes I can. It's quite a pleasing vision. |  |
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