Gallipoli was the starting point of this conversation thread.
And headed the Tan initiative over here, he was an utter bastard.
Sure what do you think war is?
It’s hard to work out why Churchill would be a hero in Britain alright.
There is a theory that he knew the Lusitania would be torpedoed. He was part of some kind of intel dept around then and the Germans warned that they would target civilían ships etc.
Gave The Hurling Pod another go as it seems to be the first with a preview out this week.
Paul Murphy: “If you were asking me to put money on it, I’d go Galway. But I’m leaning towards Dublin in this one.”
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Yeah, the Germans had already torpedoed a load of civilian ships at that stage.
I have giving up listening to the hurling pod.
Had to skip to an hour into it to even get to the previews.
Have you listened?
According to the podder they had been well warned that the Lusitania was a target and a legitimate one as they were carrying millions of rounds of ammunition and loads more besides
Yes? What has that to do with my point?
I thought it was interesting they made absolutely no mention of Sylvest saving a load of survivors from the Lusitania
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I haven’t listened but how have they managed to pad it out to 2 hours for 2 games?
My Ma is in the early stages of dementia and she told me she saw Winston Churchill standing at the end of her bed the other night. I’ll get her to ask him about Gallipoli if he shows up again.
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The movie Gallipoli is excellent.
Like listening to paint dry
Jaysus you’re very cross 
When does a civilian boat become a legitimate target?
How does any of this make Churchill responsible?
You or I never said he was or wasn’t,
You asked a question!
The point being imafe s that his legacy has neve been critically examined in the UM . He was a warmonger, a colonialist, an egotist and almost certainly a war criminal… A bad, bad bastard by any measure. . He was, however, unceremoniously fucked out of office in the first GE after the 2nd world war