Enoch Powell Blue Plaque

[fender62]

threats to rip it down or deface it, what with the churchill cafe business..its getting a little out of hand.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5347425/Row-erupts-plan-commemorate-Enoch-Powells-life.html#comments

[Zacs-Master]

Oooooh. Nothing better than getting the mods arguing on a Saturday night eh. Very adult and a positive boon to the website.

[woofgang]

so who are the other mods arguing ZM? come on....spill the beans

[Mamyalynne]

I think Andy is standing his ground rather than arguing, but I think he should leave it now - especially being under the weather.

I don't know who the others are , you have the advantage there.

Sorry Fender for my part in derailment.

[andy-hughes]

Honestly Zacs - every time I get myself drawn into this kind of juvenile slanging match, I get annoyed with myself and I tell myself I won't do it again.

I am mature and intelligent enough not to rise to the petty baiting of the usual suspects, but as I have advised, a dose of the flu has seen be getting carried away, for which I am sorry.

I fully expect the last third of this thread to be obliterated when the Ed sees it in the week, and I resolve to try hard not to play any part in the next nonsense.

There will be a next nonsense - there always is.

[albaqwerty]

flipping heck, not much of a discussion going on here.

It's as bad as reading a thread and someone pops up with 'oh, I've emailed you btw'

so firkin what?!!!

Can we please get back to discussing EP and a Blue Plaque?

THAT speech will always follow him and over-shadow anything else he has ever thought and achieved.

[andy-hughes]

Thank you Mamya - we have cross-posted, and you are right, I am dipping out.

This grown up is off to bed, the children can amuse themselves - they always do.

[Old_Geezer]

Been getting out of hand for ages. New generations seem to be getting brainwashed into intolerance.

[Peter Pedant]

oh dear -
hope you feel better soon andie
remember to take paracetamol
but I would max out on the whiskey and honey

[Mamyalynne]

The decision for the plaque is in the hands of those in Wolverhampton, whatever they decide then no one should vandalise it.

Just walk past and mutter - or something.

[andy-hughes]

PP - // oh dear -
hope you feel better soon andie
remember to take paracetamol
but I would max out on the whiskey and honey //

Thanks for your concern.

I have a Tamiflu prescription, I am tee-total, and I think honey is the spawn of the devil.

Why not save yourself that extra keystroke, and spell my name correctly!!!!!

Nightey night.

[Peter Pedant]

well he was on the treasury team that resigned en masse in 1962
is that a plus ?

I think this was a precursor to the 'Night of the Long Knives' where Mac butchered a third of his cabinet in a bid to save his skin
and about which Thorpe said - no greater love hath man than this that he giveth up his friends lives for his own

[-Talbot-]

andy-hughes
Honestly Zacs - every time I get myself drawn into this kind of juvenile slanging match, I get annoyed with myself and I tell myself I won't do it again.



//every time//
And there you have it folks straight from the horse's mouth.

[Zacs-Master]

‘mature and intelligent enough not to rise to the petty baiting of the usual suspects’

God knows why you’re still a mod. If you’ve had the flue maybe you should have stayed away?

[youngmafbog]

//This grown up is off to bed, the children can amuse themselves - they always do. //

Is that any better than what others have posted? Blame the flu if you like but if that is the case you have the flu an awful lot.

Back to the OP. We are seeing an awful lot of intolerance from the left, mostly labours Brownshirts - Momentum. JC needs to knock them back or be found guilty of the violence and vandalism by complicity.

[Mamyalynne]

People are in charge of their own actions, they should know not to vandalise or threaten - not need to be told.

[youngmafbog]

They shuld be Mammy, but unfortunately it appears that is not the case for some.

Regardless JC needs to distance himself from this if he wants the keys to No10.

[david small]

In my imagination, I had a conversation with Mr Powell
Regarding a blue plaque. He said he didn’t give a fig, and that he was well out of it.

[anotheoldgit]

The 'rivers of blood' speech.

For those who are told what Enoch Powell said and what he actually said, watch this.

[anotheoldgit]

andy-hughes

/// That's the issues isn't it - the only reason EP is remembered at all is for a thinly veiled racist rant - not something I would want to think would be commemorated. ///

In an earlier thread regarding Far-Right groups you suggested that we elect politicians to voice our concerns, well here we have one that dared to, and look where it got him.