Where is the Churchill in this superficial age?

[Valin]

Daily Mail:

23 January 2015

 

Where is the Churchill in this superficial age?

 

Today and all next week, as we mark the 50th anniversary of his death, this paper will be celebrating the man widely acclaimed as the greatest British statesman of the 20th century – some would say of all time.

 

To an astonishing degree, it was Winston Churchill whose single-minded sense of purpose inspired the nation with hope in 1940, when Britain and her empire stood alone against Hitler and all seemed lost.

Indeed, it is hard to exaggerate how much the free world owes to the vision, energy and determination of this one man, who mobilised millions and galvanised Whitehall with his red stickers demanding: ‘Action This Day.’

 

Now fast forward to the present day, as Sir Winston’s successors at Westminster jockey for position ahead of the election.

Instead, we see them engaged in a puerile and self-serving spat about which of them should be invited to appear in the TV election debates, each concerned only with petty party advantage.

 

(Snip)

 

As for any Big Idea or sense of direction, we’re patronised instead by the politics of focus groups, Twitter, inane selfies and crude photo opportunities.

 

 

H/T Hot Air

[Cyber_Liberty]

She wears a dress, shoots elk, and the media culture has convinced everybody she's a dunce worthy of nothing more than laughter at the sound of her name. She correctly predicted that if Obama the laughing cowboy became President, Russia would be invading Crimea and Ukraine within five years.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Winston Churchill was treated the same way by the press during the 30's.