“What Would Churchill Say?” is the caption under the photo. This seems to be the new “What Would Jesus Do?” for Mail reader whinges. A sort of all-purpose disapproval.
Nation apparently going to the dogs. Us blokes apparently completely pants at buying presents. Good to see that the Mail’s front page is overflowing with Christmas spirit!
I seem to remember when Churchill was PM the Luftwaffe flattened numerous British cities. Why does the Mail assume he would have handled snow any better? More likely he would have told people (e.g. the Mail) to stop wingeing and deal with the problem. KBO (Keep Buggering On) as the great man used to say!
To avoid this happening each time it snows would require a huge invest in vehicles and equipment and services or an easing of some of the military cut backs/privatisation especially the RAF.
Before when this sort of thing happened they could just blame Labour, but now with a Tory government committed to cutting everything to within an inch of its life and the reigning in of services we all rely on, it’ll be interesting to see how the right wing press handles it.
To put things into perspective, (and to quell the myth that they somehow “do it better on the continent”), my neighbour was scheduled to fly to Switzerland a couple of weeks ago. He had to cancel because, although East Midlands airport was fully open in spite of the snow, Geneva airport was closed because it was snowed in.
I just wish the whingers of the Wail would just stop going on about the country’s perceived problems and enjoy the white Christmas that we’re going to have.
There are people dying from the cold, thousands stranded, drivers abandoning their cars, people trapped inside their houses with broken cenral heating, hospitals understaffed as no one can get to work, and what does the Wail do? Complain about “honour”!!!
There are people dying from the cold, thousands stranded, drivers abandoning their cars, people trapped inside their houses with broken cenral heating, hospitals understaffed as no one can get to work, and what does the Wail do? Complain about “honour”!!!
If the “our” in the headline is in the first person, I certainly agree it’s not their finest hour. What is though? Hmm, not sure really, but something about ‘blackshirts’ keeps cropping into my mind.
Here in New Jersey it’s 10pm on Boxing Day (although they obviously don’t call it that here) and we’ve had about 3-4 inches of snow. Trains are cancelled, Airports closed (Newark since about 6:30pm) and roads are dodgy, to say the least. I expect the media tomorrow will be full of self-flagellatory guff, wailing and general gnashing of teeth about how incompetent the various authorities are and how the USA is the laughing stock of the developed world. Or maybe not.
Why ask what Churchill would have said? Didn’t the Mail tell us that Thatcher is the new Churchill? As Mrs T is still alive (undead, if you prefer), wouldn’t it make more sense to ask her? Or is it just easier to put words into the mouths of dead people as they can’t contradict you or cock up?
What Would Churchill Say? Something along the lines of “join the EU” (which the Mail would hate), and then something about gassing brown people in hot countries, I expect (which the Mail would be all in favour of), perhaps finished off with a soupcon of “I don’t care that normal people have to make do with powdered egg and dried milk because of rationing, I’m still going to have 5 course meals with champagne and cuban cigars” (which the Mail could go either way on – on the one hand they’re all in favour of Cameron’s ‘We’re all in it together’ rhetoric, on the other they were quite disapproving of the expenses thing…)
Meaning that in a few hours the Wail will recycle its annual tradition of taking a dozen or so incidents of mild-to-moderate aggro as conclusive proof of BEDLAM and CARNAGE on the streets of LAWLESS BRITAIN.
If you do go looking for it remember to use http://www.istyosty.com and don’t give them the page hits they don’t deserve.
Doctor F.
Thanks for publishing that link; the site it makes interesting reading.
So every time anyone visits the Mail website it increments the hit count. If I leave a comment disagreeing with the article they may or may not allow it. Either way they’ll ignore it but the ‘hit’ will make the sight more attractive to advertisers, increasing the Mail’s profits.
This just reinforces the view that the Mail isn’t a reliable source of information because it never sets out to be; it’s just an unscrupulous and cynical commercial operation.
“Either way they’ll ignore it but the ‘hit’ will make the sight more attractive to advertisers, increasing the Mail’s profits.”
It might, but isn’t most internet advertising done on the Google Adwords pay per click basis? IOW if you just look at a page and don’t click on the ads, the Mail doesn’t benefit.
So, “the Mail thinks that everyone should be given a vaccine that can kill them and that cost shouldn’t be an issue but that we shouldn’t spend too much on it” – well summed up.
Demonstrating once again that the Mail has no integrity, it will just say anything that gets people to read the paper even if this contradicts what it said previously.
Let’s analyse this.
Everyone should get the vaccine.
Is this the vaccine of a few years back that would turn us all Autistic, of the one or last year that would instantly kill proportion of our daughters.
Perhaps the Mail knows of some nice new coalition vaccine that only destroys claimants and gays, but cures cancer for hard working families.
Just tell me no snow fell on the Cenotaph. That would be more than our blessed war dead could bear.
“What Would Churchill Say?” is the caption under the photo. This seems to be the new “What Would Jesus Do?” for Mail reader whinges. A sort of all-purpose disapproval.
I’m sure we can do better than that. How about “Never has so much disruption been caused for so many by so little snow.”
It is fucking pathetic really though isn’t it?
The headline is pathetic that’s for sure
That Gordon Brown !eh
Nation apparently going to the dogs. Us blokes apparently completely pants at buying presents. Good to see that the Mail’s front page is overflowing with Christmas spirit!
I seem to remember when Churchill was PM the Luftwaffe flattened numerous British cities. Why does the Mail assume he would have handled snow any better? More likely he would have told people (e.g. the Mail) to stop wingeing and deal with the problem. KBO (Keep Buggering On) as the great man used to say!
Roads ungritted… all because of the snow?
Ass hats.
To avoid this happening each time it snows would require a huge invest in vehicles and equipment and services or an easing of some of the military cut backs/privatisation especially the RAF.
Before when this sort of thing happened they could just blame Labour, but now with a Tory government committed to cutting everything to within an inch of its life and the reigning in of services we all rely on, it’ll be interesting to see how the right wing press handles it.
To put things into perspective, (and to quell the myth that they somehow “do it better on the continent”), my neighbour was scheduled to fly to Switzerland a couple of weeks ago. He had to cancel because, although East Midlands airport was fully open in spite of the snow, Geneva airport was closed because it was snowed in.
@Phil: LOL, great joke!
I just wish the whingers of the Wail would just stop going on about the country’s perceived problems and enjoy the white Christmas that we’re going to have.
There are people dying from the cold, thousands stranded, drivers abandoning their cars, people trapped inside their houses with broken cenral heating, hospitals understaffed as no one can get to work, and what does the Wail do? Complain about “honour”!!!
There are people dying from the cold, thousands stranded, drivers abandoning their cars, people trapped inside their houses with broken cenral heating, hospitals understaffed as no one can get to work, and what does the Wail do? Complain about “honour”!!!
If the “our” in the headline is in the first person, I certainly agree it’s not their finest hour. What is though? Hmm, not sure really, but something about ‘blackshirts’ keeps cropping into my mind.
What a load of bollocks.
If we are assuming “WWCD” as a new basis for morality,I might suggest,retire to a country seat,and hope the Irish get it worse would be correct.
Here in New Jersey it’s 10pm on Boxing Day (although they obviously don’t call it that here) and we’ve had about 3-4 inches of snow. Trains are cancelled, Airports closed (Newark since about 6:30pm) and roads are dodgy, to say the least. I expect the media tomorrow will be full of self-flagellatory guff, wailing and general gnashing of teeth about how incompetent the various authorities are and how the USA is the laughing stock of the developed world. Or maybe not.
Why ask what Churchill would have said? Didn’t the Mail tell us that Thatcher is the new Churchill? As Mrs T is still alive (undead, if you prefer), wouldn’t it make more sense to ask her? Or is it just easier to put words into the mouths of dead people as they can’t contradict you or cock up?
What Would Churchill Say? Something along the lines of “join the EU” (which the Mail would hate), and then something about gassing brown people in hot countries, I expect (which the Mail would be all in favour of), perhaps finished off with a soupcon of “I don’t care that normal people have to make do with powdered egg and dried milk because of rationing, I’m still going to have 5 course meals with champagne and cuban cigars” (which the Mail could go either way on – on the one hand they’re all in favour of Cameron’s ‘We’re all in it together’ rhetoric, on the other they were quite disapproving of the expenses thing…)
It’s New Year’s Day.
Meaning that in a few hours the Wail will recycle its annual tradition of taking a dozen or so incidents of mild-to-moderate aggro as conclusive proof of BEDLAM and CARNAGE on the streets of LAWLESS BRITAIN.
If you do go looking for it remember to use http://www.istyosty.com and don’t give them the page hits they don’t deserve.
Doctor F.
Thanks for publishing that link; the site it makes interesting reading.
So every time anyone visits the Mail website it increments the hit count. If I leave a comment disagreeing with the article they may or may not allow it. Either way they’ll ignore it but the ‘hit’ will make the sight more attractive to advertisers, increasing the Mail’s profits.
This just reinforces the view that the Mail isn’t a reliable source of information because it never sets out to be; it’s just an unscrupulous and cynical commercial operation.
“Either way they’ll ignore it but the ‘hit’ will make the sight more attractive to advertisers, increasing the Mail’s profits.”
It might, but isn’t most internet advertising done on the Google Adwords pay per click basis? IOW if you just look at a page and don’t click on the ads, the Mail doesn’t benefit.
Today’s front page:
http://primlystable.blogspot.com/2011/01/mail-give-children-vaccine-that-we-said.html
So, “the Mail thinks that everyone should be given a vaccine that can kill them and that cost shouldn’t be an issue but that we shouldn’t spend too much on it” – well summed up.
Demonstrating once again that the Mail has no integrity, it will just say anything that gets people to read the paper even if this contradicts what it said previously.
Let’s analyse this.
Everyone should get the vaccine.
Is this the vaccine of a few years back that would turn us all Autistic, of the one or last year that would instantly kill proportion of our daughters.
Perhaps the Mail knows of some nice new coalition vaccine that only destroys claimants and gays, but cures cancer for hard working families.
Posted by MerkJust tell me no snow fell on the Cenotaph. That would be more than our blessed war dead could bear.