Worst Briton ~ Jack?

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:55 pm

Britons vote for 'worst Briton'. Ripper voted worst ever Briton but identity remains a secret

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:18 pm

I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:22 am

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.It surprised me that his name came out at #1,

i would have thought that the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe would have come before him.

http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/

Or Dr Harold Shipman.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/shipman.shtml

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:37 am

Hi Abbey, Chonsi - I too thought Thomas Beckett was a saint and martyr. His tomb is in Canterbury Cathedral. Celebrated a day or two after Christmas, from memory. As for Bad King John - many now think the only 'bad' thing about him was 'bad press'. While his brother 'Good King Richard' bankrupted England gadding about on crusades (and with his blonde troubadour boyfriend) his little bro overhauled the country's legal system and - by standards of the time - actually tried to govern fairly

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Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:20 am

abbey wrote: It surprised me that his name came out at #1,

i would have thought that the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe would have come before him.

http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/

Or Dr Harold Shipman.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/shipman.shtml
Or sweeney todd? Sheesh!

Pesonally, I think Oliver Cromwell or Richard III should be on there somewhere!

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_kill ... man_1.html

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:40 am

I am stunned that this has been labelled by the poll as Briton's. I would suggest that you may get a very different list from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

My Top Five

Charles 1st

George IV

Duke of Windsor

Oswald Mosely

Tony Blair

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:17 am

Saint or sinner?

What did martyr Becket do to end up as second worst Briton?

pina · Post by **pina** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:28 am

Don't forget Dennis Nielson......

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:53 am

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.

I'm flabbergasted too chonsi...very strange. Some of the others are rather obscure which makes me wonder who they asked.

orpheus · Post by **orpheus** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:56 am

Where did John Amery come?

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:36 pm

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.

One of the churches in my village is named after Thomas Beckett.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:51 pm

lady cop wrote: Saint or sinner?

What did martyr Becket do to end up as second worst Briton?

Even the replies to Thomas Becket being on the list show the poll to be very slanted. I'm one the side that consider him a saint..............thank you for the link LC!:)

Slade1 · Post by **Slade1** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:26 pm

Bothwell wrote: I am stunned that this has been labelled by the poll as Briton's. I would suggest that you may get a very different list from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

My Top Five

Charles 1st

George IV

Duke of Windsor

Oswald Mosely

Tony Blair

Oliver Cromwell was no picnic either...

Can you imagine living under puritanical rule? How depressing...

Slade1 · Post by **Slade1** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:27 pm

orpheus wrote: Where did John Amery come?

All over his autographed picture of Adolf Hitler I should imagine...

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:21 am

Besides all that.....they are not even sure that Jack the Ripper was a Brit! The latest is he was a jewish immigrant from Europe!

orpheus · Post by **orpheus** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:37 pm

Slade1 wrote: All over his autographed picture of Adolf Hitler I should imagine...

boom boom.

stroganoff07 · Post by **stroganoff07** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:56 pm

Raven wrote: Besides all that.....they are not even sure that Jack the Ripper was a Brit! The latest is he was a jewish immigrant from Europe!
Anyone for Winston Churchill?He new what communism was all about ,who supported it and its chief aims,yet he still insisted on Nazi Germany as the chief villain in Europe!

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:00 pm

Clancy wrote: Tony Blair

And the repulsive lying toad, Heath.

moody1 · Post by **moody1** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:37 am

It's not known for a fact that Jack The Ripper was British. Some historians believe he was in fact A merican due to Americanisms in his letters such as 'ha ha' if my memory serves me