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Hmm... 12 'Key' Britons

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    Hmm... 12 'Key' Britons

    Saint Columba (521-597)
    Christianity in Britain
    Alfred the Great (849-899)
    The Kingdom of England
    Henry II (1133-1189)
    The common law
    Simon de Montfort (1208-1265)
    Parliament
    James IV of Scotland (1443-1517)
    The Kingdom of Scotland
    Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)
    The stock market
    Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
    The British Army
    Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
    The Royal Society
    Robert Clive (1725-1774)
    The British Empire
    Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850)
    The police
    Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)
    Universal suffrage
    Nye Bevan (1897-1960)
    The National Health Service
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6210159.stm

    The socialist founder of the NHS and a sixth-century saint are among a dozen people who the Conservatives say have "shaped British history"

    Millicent Fawcett
    Nye Bevan
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

    #2
    I wouldn't argue with that list.

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      #3
      Interesting how the Army gets a mention and not the more important Navy ...
      Hard Brexit now!
      #prayfornodeal

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        #4
        Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
        The Royal Society
        Of all of Isaac Newton’s many splendid achievements that make him a true Great Britton, the Royal Society doesn’t spring to mind straight away. True, he was president for a while, but why put him on the list for that? For services to Great Britain surely his time as master of the mint would be better reason. He put real value into our currency, not like some that spring to mind today.
        Drivel is my speciality

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          #5
          What about

          Noel Gallagher.

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            #6
            What about Katie Price?

            Mailman

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              #7
              Tony Blair surely. Worlds greatest leader and peace maker?

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                #8
                Tony Blair - our greatest ever political pop star.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by AlfredJPruffock
                  Tony Blair - our greatest ever political pop star.
                  Wouldn't that be Pitt the younger?
                  Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
                  threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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                    #10
                    ...ah Robert Clive... his famous victory was actually due to paying off some Indian prince so nobody turned up to the battlefield, well hardly anyone, I suppose they hacked down a few "coolies" for the PR.
                    I'm alright Jack

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