On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:58:20 +0100, David Hansen
 said in
:

>Assuming truthful speaking, what such comparisons demonstrate is a
>complete lack of knowledge about the complex opinions of Mr
>Churchill. He was rather left leaning in many ways and was one of
>the few Prime Ministers to have been a member of a manual workers
>trade union, both of which Thatcherites would probably not like if
>they knew about.

Indeed.  He also repealed the Road Fund and was opposed to its
introduction in the first place because, IIRC "from here it would be
but a short step to drivers asserting ownership of the roads their
taxes have paid for" - he was a small-l liberal at heart, I think.

Guy
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:05:28 +0100 someone who may be "Just zis Guy,
you know?"  wrote this:-

>he was a small-l liberal at heart, I think.

Up to a point I would agree that Winston Churchill was in many ways
a liberal. However, in other ways he was not. Using poison gas in
Iraq because it was cheaper is one example of an illiberal streak.



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