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we will fight them on the beaches...

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  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    MacMickster wrote: »

    Neither Churchill nor Canute. He reminds me more of the Milky Bar Kid.


    Watched a bit of GO, on a special committee hearing yesterday, there was a young chap of about "20 going on 14" behind him.I am sure they only put him there to give GO some "stature".
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

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  • TruckerT
    TruckerT Posts: 1,714 Forumite
    MacMickster wrote: »
    Somehow, Cameron looks out of his depth - even on the beaches before the tide comes in

    A bit like Chamberlain then, just before the Nazi invasions?

    TruckerT
    According to Clapton, I am a totally ignorant idiot.
  • StevieJ
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    He's neither. Gordon Brown was however a modern Canute, believing he could overcome the tides of boom and bust.

    The thing is Canute did not actually believe that, the famous tale is about proving that he couldn't hold back the tide.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Joe_Bloggs
    Joe_Bloggs Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    Spin Doctors have been around throughout the ages. A politician just has to be snapped near the sea to be called King Canute. It does not help if they trip and fall in to an in-coming wave.

    There is a tide to public opinion. Perhaps it is also is controlled by the relative orientation of the moon.

    I think the best strategy for Cameron is to consider fighting them on the beaches but drink them under the table in true Bullingdon club fashion.

    J_B.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    A much misunderstood chap ;)

    And misspelled:naughty:

    You are right though. The point is that his courtiers told him he could do anything and he wanted to show that he could not.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    The thing is Canute did not actually believe that, the famous tale is about proving that he couldn't hold back the tide.

    Which probably makes Gordon Brown even worse, as evidence would suggest he genuinely did believe his "no more boom and bust mantra".
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  • StevieJ
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    edited 9 December 2011 at 2:24PM
    Generali wrote: »
    And misspelled:naughty:

    You are right though. The point is that his courtiers told him he could do anything and he wanted to show that he could not.

    An easy one for the anagram boys C NUT, I bet dyslexic Noggy chroniclers were very careful :) I can't believe that the software is blanking out one of our historic kings names:eek:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • FTBFun
    FTBFun Posts: 4,273 Forumite
    TruckerT wrote: »
    or the new Canute?

    TruckerT

    Reminds me of a Private Eye cartoon from last year just before the election.

    Two blokes are walking pass a newsagent sign that says "Tories: The Party of Cuts" and the one says "I hate it when people make spelling mistakes".

    :rotfl:
  • Jennifer_Jane
    Jennifer_Jane Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    grizzly1911 wrote: »
    No camerlot isn't even the nodding dog, hold on a minute maybe he can do the nodding.

    What I want to know is if they are burning the midnight oil "negotiating" to save the world why do they have to a formal banquet to help them on with their deliberations? Whenever we do crisis stuff a few "M&S sarnies" or "Dominos" sufficed.

    Oh come on! It's Brussels - Brussels! The food is wonderful. I suppose they must have been given the odd 'tartine au filet Americain' during the course of the night, but you can't be in Belgium without proper food and drink! :beer:
  • Joe_Bloggs
    Joe_Bloggs Posts: 4,535 Forumite
    The Belgians deserve some congratulations in setting a world record of 589 days with a caretaker government. Apparently they have just formed a coalition of six political parties.

    J_B.
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