Who is the greatest Briton alive?

[Dorcus]

And thank you for completing the circle of ignorance ! I've been trying to explain that assessing someone as an historically great figure has nothing to do with whether you like them, and you have concluded that if I regard Hitler as a great figure in history I must like him !

Oh "ignorant" is a tad unfair surely Sir Jim! I was just thinking the name Fred West might be familiar to many on this board and surely he has cemented his name in history. But would you then describe him as "great"? Maybe in Nigel's case you were confusing infamy with greatness. I can understand that, it's a simple mistake to make.