your top ten favourite Politicians ???

Must admit I can't think of One.

Tony Blair?

Tony Benn by a country mile.

The last of the conviction politicians and a bloke who genuinely gave a shit about the plight of Britain's poor. (You listening Ed....?)

Born into proper old money, saw a bit of "real" life and it confirmed what he'd always thought: We're all born the same and we deserve the same treatment and chances in life.

And so he fought hard to try and make a difference.

Not ashamed to say that I cried when he died - British politics had already long become the preserve of career politicians who were in it for themselves and didn't give a shit about us and I felt like an era was over when he passed.

Be honest, do you really think that anybody at Westminster actually gives a fuck about you and me nowadays?

Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn did.

Breadman wrote:Tony Benn by a country mile.

The last of the conviction politicians and a bloke who genuinely gave a shit about the plight of Britain's poor. (You listening Ed....?)

Born into proper old money, saw a bit of "real" life and it confirmed what he'd always thought: We're all born the same and we deserve the same treatment and chances in life.

And so he fought hard to try and make a difference.

Not ashamed to say that I cried when he died - British politics had already long become the preserve of career politicians who were in it for themselves and didn't give a shit about us and I felt like an era was over when he passed.

Be honest, do you really think that anybody at Westminster actually gives a fuck about you and me nowadays?

Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn did.

From what you have said about him, he gets my vote.

This is the trouble, they all are really for themselves these days!

Breadman wrote:

Not ashamed to say that I cried when he died

You cry a lot.

Why would you cry for someone you didn't know?

I bet you cried when Diana bought the farm, didn't you?

You strike me as the type.

And what about Baby Jesus?

Today's the the anniversary of day they nailed him up isn't it?

Not even a sniffle?

Agree with Bread when it comes to Benn. 
Had the skill,personality and political nous to have reached the very top,but refused to compromise his ideals. Huge respect for the man.
Michael foot too.I believed,because they believed.
Pretty embarrassing watching the present bunch of dunderheads.

If you like a good cry Breadman I suggest you watch Grave of the Fireflies, the saddest film I have seen.

However before you shed any more tears for Tony Benn Try reading one of the articles below. Benn was a useless hypocrite who achieved nothing.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fdavid-calling%2F374493%2Fhypocrisy-celebrated-sentimentality-david-pryce-jones&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNG_63x1nDh3ZSUNZQmqhJ3Neh78ig&sig2=ArnEGLyK7TeOum5r_UAIvQ

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2816554%2FBenn-s-legacy-hypocrisy-week-revealed-arch-socialist-left-5m-children-none-good-causes-s-just-start-breathtaking-story-riches-tax-avoidance-double-standards.html&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNExSVUcJeg7yYSG8zeAzlkQ1ZcIGg&sig2=9fWJxAKmKLij9OSxXe7THg

Agree with Breadman about the conviction politicians v today's career politicians, none of the current crop have personality apart from Farage, so all of mine are from the 70' and 80's. Not sure favourite is the right description either as I did not agree with what some of them stood for, memorable is better.

1 Margaret Thatcher - easily the strongest PM in my lifetime, lots of good qualities and bad in equal measure. On balance she was the medicine the nation needed at the time although she went to far in destroying heavy industry and  coal mining, these would probably gone into decline in any case but she finished them to make a point, vindictive.

2 Tony Benn - Fought for the less privileged in society and did a lot of good, prominent anti nuclear campaigner. Was too left wing for my taste but a genuine man.

3 Norman Tebbitt - Maggie's right hand man and enforcer, best ever Spitting Image character and no the total bastard he is often portrayed as in the North.

 4 John Smith - Sadly he never got the chance to be Prime Minister, would have done a better job than his protégé Blair.

5 Tony Blair - Did a great deal of good in the first term of his Premiership, lost the plot after that probably due to his Messiah complex.

xmiles wrote:If you like a good cry Breadman  I suggest you watch Grave of the Fireflies, the saddest film I have seen.

However before you shed any more tears for Tony Benn Try reading one of the articles below. Benn was a useless hypocrite who achieved nothing.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fdavid-calling%2F374493%2Fhypocrisy-celebrated-sentimentality-david-pryce-jones&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNG_63x1nDh3ZSUNZQmqhJ3Neh78ig&sig2=ArnEGLyK7TeOum5r_UAIvQ

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2816554%2FBenn-s-legacy-hypocrisy-week-revealed-arch-socialist-left-5m-children-none-good-causes-s-just-start-breathtaking-story-riches-tax-avoidance-double-standards.html&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNExSVUcJeg7yYSG8zeAzlkQ1ZcIGg&sig2=9fWJxAKmKLij9OSxXe7THg

One article by a Tory blogger,the other in that bastion of fair play The Mail.

Thatcher and Tebbitt   definately not favourites more infamous if you ask me

when i took an interest in politics in the late 80's i hated everything Tory apart from one man - Michael Heseltine, he always seemed to me to be more in tune with what was happening to us normal folk.

Michael Portillo.

Maggie Thatcher is an inspiration. What a woman!

Like any strong woman who put men in their place she is universally hated.

boltonbonce wrote:

xmiles wrote:If you like a good cry Breadman  I suggest you watch Grave of the Fireflies, the saddest film I have seen.

However before you shed any more tears for Tony Benn Try reading one of the articles below. Benn was a useless hypocrite who achieved nothing.

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDsQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com%2Fdavid-calling%2F374493%2Fhypocrisy-celebrated-sentimentality-david-pryce-jones&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNG_63x1nDh3ZSUNZQmqhJ3Neh78ig&sig2=ArnEGLyK7TeOum5r_UAIvQ

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-2816554%2FBenn-s-legacy-hypocrisy-week-revealed-arch-socialist-left-5m-children-none-good-causes-s-just-start-breathtaking-story-riches-tax-avoidance-double-standards.html&ei=XHEeVevyAdPnat-FgcgM&usg=AFQjCNExSVUcJeg7yYSG8zeAzlkQ1ZcIGg&sig2=9fWJxAKmKLij9OSxXe7THg

One article by a Tory blogger,the other in that bastion of fair play The Mail.

So tell us what is not factually correct in either of those two articles and as a postscript tell us one thing that Benn actually achieved.

NickFazer wrote:Agree with Breadman about the conviction politicians v today's career politicians, none of the current crop have personality apart from Farage, so all of mine are from the 70' and 80's. Not sure favourite is the right description either as I did not agree with what some of them stood for, memorable is better.

1 Margaret Thatcher - easily the strongest PM in my lifetime, lots of good qualities and bad in equal measure. On balance she was the medicine the nation needed at the time although she went to far in destroying heavy industry and  coal mining, these would probably gone into decline in any case but she finished them to make a point, vindictive.

2 Tony Benn - Fought for the less privileged in society and did a lot of good, prominent anti nuclear campaigner. Was too left wing for my taste but a genuine man.

3 Norman Tebbitt - Maggie's right hand man and enforcer, best ever Spitting Image character and no the total bastard he is often portrayed as in the North.

 4 John Smith - Sadly he never got the chance to be Prime Minister, would have done a better job than his protégé Blair.

5 Tony Blair - Did a great deal of good in the first term of his Premiership, lost the plot after that probably due to his Messiah complex.

Five of my least favourite politicians!

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Breadman wrote:

Not ashamed to say that I cried when he died

You cry a lot.

Why would you cry for someone you didn't know?

I laughed at the fuss, just another labour nut ball.