Who is the greatest Briton alive?

[blueblade]

Maybe Sir David Attenborough?

Or Trevor McDonald
Richard Dawkins
David Frost
Stephen Fry
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
H from Steps 😆

Who gets your vote?

(Not including Sir Neil or your Dad)

[The Bob Banker Spanker]

David Attenborough
Tim Peake
David Jason

[Tuerto]

Les Dennis.

[blueblade]

I meant to say David Jason on my list and not the departed David Frost.

Got his real name mixed up with his character!

[stevo]

Leon NQAT

[Do me a Faerber]

Maybe Sir David Attenborough? Yes, but he believes in Big Foot so 8/10

Or Trevor McDonald - Why? 0/10
Richard Dawkins - 9/10 pips Attenborough
David Frost - Dead 0/10
Stephen Fry - Why? 0/10
Mick Jagger - Good front man 4/10
Paul McCartney - Complete musical genius 10/10
H from Steps ��

Who gets your vote?

(Not including Sir Neil or your Dad)

Wouldn't want to go for a musician usually, but McCartney is a genius. Knocked out another really good album in Egypt Station this year. He was, essentially, The Beatles. Lennon did eff all for large parts. "A Day in the Life" is their best song, but mainly because of McCartney's input with the "Woke up...". Tomorrow Never Knows (a Lennon song) is another great track that owes a lot to Macca.

Yeah, Frog Chorus and Ob-La-Di and Honey Pie.... yes he churned out some shit.

But, Ram, Band on the Run, the Abbey Road Medley, Yesterday, Blackbird, Tug of War, Hey Jude. Macca is definitely Britain's greatest musical influence... he just lacks self censorship and Brits love keeping their best talent down so enjoy whittling off Frog Chorus, I Will, . His Bass lines with the Beatles were revolutionary at the time. The Bass on Hey Bulldog is brilliant for example as it is on Come Together.

Then, you have his revolutionary (for pop music) piano playing on Penny Lane. Lady Madonna, Eleanor Rigby, the man is a genius.

[RonnieBird]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

[Maccy Blue]

Nigella Lawson.

[az city]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

With all due respect (that's none btw) that's absolute, complete and utter bollocks.

History will view Farage for what he is - a small-minded, self-serving rabble rouser who lied his way to "leading" a country to self-harm through feeding prejudice by the bucket load.

[RonnieBird]

I wonder why you need to be so unpleasant - it doesn't add anything , but it's an interesting contribution because you use similar language to that which would have been used to defend British occupation of Ireland and slavery against Tone and Wilberforce in their day.

I did say that this has nothing to do with whether you like or dislike him, but maybe you didn't understand that ?

[az city]

I wonder why you need to be so unpleasant - it doesn't add anything , but it's an interesting contribution because you use similar language to that which would have been used to defend British occupation of Ireland and slavery against Tone and Wilberforce in their day.

I did say that this has nothing to do with whether you like or dislike him, but maybe you didn't understand that ?

Trust me, I wasn't being unpleasant. I can do much worse than that.

I suspect I may be wasting my time here but I'll try to elucidate.

I have no idea why you want to conflate Farage with Wolfe Tone and William Wilberforce. That is clearly totally inappropriate and pernicious. Leave me out of it.

Let's just concentrate on Farage. The pro- and anti-Brexit arguments have been rehearsed on here and other places probably many millions of times now. So let's put them to one side.

What qualities do you think Farage embodies that make him "great"? (That's a rhetorical question BTW.) To my mind he has none; not a single one. The idea that schoolchildren will even know who he was 200 years from now, god forbid raising statues to him, actually makes me want to retch. Actually, on reflection, it doesn't really matter because Farage is a climate change denier so if he gains real power there won't be any kids to laud him in 200 years.

[Harry Paget Flashman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Gr...10_on_the_list

Frank Spencer???

[az city]

[az city]

You have to love the populace sometimes: Boaty McBoatface, The Jedi Religionaries, Frank Spencer …

You just can trust the public to be serious when voting ...

[Optimistic Nick]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Because you are a nutter?

The traditional answer to this question is Tim berners Lee, the guy who is responsible for bringing porn to those too cowardly to buy anything dirtier than FHM in the newsagents.

[lardy]

There are still some of The Few alive (although sadly one has just died) and we've got someone putting forward Farage. Ridiculous.

[Louth]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

Local man claims an English fascist as the greatest living Briton. Have you been out in the sun too long?

As for Wolf Tone, you should wash your mouth out. Mentioning Farage in the same breath as Tone is utter bollox.
Tone was Irish, go away with your Briton shite.

[xsnaggle]

Because you are a nutter?

The traditional answer to this question is Tim berners Lee, the guy who is responsible for bringing porn to those too cowardly to buy anything dirtier than FHM in the newsagents.

Do they still sell Escort? The readers wives bit in that was brilliant. Or have I got the wrong tit le?

[splott parker]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

I despair, I really do. Farage is the epitome of all that’s wrong with the world.

[dembethewarrior]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

You try too hard.

[Pearcey3]

Farridge is one of the worst of all Britons. He is an embarrassment to millions of us but a hero to the easily led, racists and bigots and the stupid.
David Attenborough for me. A wonderfully inspiring human being who even in his 90’s produces educationally brilliant television about our environment.

[The Bloop]

Farridge is one of the worst of all Britons. He is an embarrassment to millions of us but a hero to the easily led, racists and bigots and the stupid.
David Attenborough for me. A wonderfully inspiring human being who even in his 90’s produces educationally brilliant television about our environment.

Couldn't have put it better myself

[splott parker]

Probably Nigel Farage, and I'll tell you why.

Whether or not you like or agree with him, he's done something very unusual in the affairs of man. That is to pursue a campaign which began as very little until he achieved a result which has changed history.

Whatever the result of the current shennanigans over Brexit in the short term, the U.K. will eventually regain its independence because once 52% of a people have demanded such a course , you'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

Like Wolf Tone or William Wilberforce , he's taken an issue which is offensive to the current establishment to the point where it has gathered a critical mass and simply won't go away. Indeed, it might very well be an idea like those of the two men I've mentioned which spreads to other countries and eventually destroys the establishment of the whole EU.

Now, although I do personally support Brexit , I'm speaking objectively here as a student of History. The question isn't about whether you like or dislike the individual , but his greatness.

Why then , would I suggest that this unlikely candidate , disliked by some ,( as were the others), as the answer to the question in the OP ? The answer is that in 200 years he's likely to be the only politician and one of the few individuals that children learn about in their history lessons and read about in literature.
I would imagine that there will be quite a few statues of him and various institutions named after him by that time in the same way that there are after Wilberforce and Tone.

Please don't reject this idea because you like or dislike him, because that's really not the rationale I'm putting forward .

Maybe Sir David Attenborough?

Or Trevor McDonald
Richard Dawkins
David Frost
Stephen Fry
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
H from Steps 😆

Who gets your vote?

(Not including Sir Neil or your Dad)

Michael Palin has to be up there, very interesting man from his comedy antic of yesteryear to his latter day documentary making. Also a shout out to Michael Sheen, he’s doing his reputation no harm at all at the moment.

[jon1959]

Farridge is one of the worst of all Britons. He is an embarrassment to millions of us but a hero to the easily led, racists and bigots and the stupid.
David Attenborough for me. A wonderfully inspiring human being who even in his 90’s produces educationally brilliant television about our environment.

[Armitage Shanks]

Maybe Sir David Attenborough?

Or Trevor McDonald
Richard Dawkins
David Frost
Stephen Fry
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
H from Steps ��

Who gets your vote?

(Not including Sir Neil or your Dad)

That list wouldn't be allowed, as you have no woman in there. You will be hounded out of all media outlets if you presented them with that list