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  • who was the greatest briton who ever lived?
  • DaRC_L
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    Ermmm no Elizabeth 1 – managed to stop prots and catholics tearing each other apart, managed to remain queen in a world where it was hard for women to get respect e.g. was a political genius etc…

    Or Shakespeare although for poetry Milton is way ahead of him.
    You could include Bacon in the list.

    Moving to a later period Christopher Wren built some stuff, J M W Turner inspired some frog painters and Capability Brown who planted some twigs.

    billyboy
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    Ambrosius Aurelianus
    Alfred …………..the only designated "The Great"
    Harold (He tried)
    Eadric Silvaticus and the rest of the resistance movement………..

    … and everyone thereafter who has done anything to resist the Norman French Usurpers and Oppressors of the indiginous and lastingly settled populations of these islands.

    westkipper
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    On the subject of Churchill,
    Germanys militarisation and march to war could be seen as an attempt at not being out-competed and sidelined by the power of the British Empire- which Churchill was no small part of, and nor was he afraid, as others have pointed out to use morally dubious tactics to maintain its power.
    so despite helping to abolish Road Tax- he's out!
    I'm gonna be predictable and say Charles Darwin, who was modest, concienscious, and caring and gave something positive back to the whole world, not just Britain.
    (anyway, if we have to pick war-mongers from the British isles, I'd say CuChulainn!)

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    MrWoppit
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    molgrips – Member

    Edward I

    Hah, unless you're Welsh or Scottish

    You'll still be a c*nt

    Harsh.. I was just trying to get people to be nice to each other whilst havng a discussion.

    Stop whining, it's not pretty.

    dickydutch
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    Ernest Shackleton. Hero.

    yunki
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    Shaun Ryder?

    esselgruntfuttock
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    Nelson
    Shackleton
    Capn Cook
    Tommy Cooper
    The Two Ronnies
    My Dad.

    The list could be endless but theyr'e my faves.

    Talkemada
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    Aurelianus

    😯

    mt
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    General Wade.

    DaRC_L
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    Ahh yes billyboy 😀 if it's the greatest briton (arguably) then any anglo-saxon, normans, anglo-normans, scots & irish can't be considered so it has to be

    Boudicca or Caractacus starting our long line of heroic losers and
    Sir Humphrey Davy or Richard Trevithick could be on the list as Cornishmen.

    kimbers
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    darwin all the way if only for pissing off creationists

    churchill was great at what he did but as a person?- was voted out after the war because of his opposition to creating the nhs and helped create the clusterf$%k that is modern day iraq

    hainey
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    Fred Dibnah.

    nickc
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    In 2 and a bit pages no sportsmen/women? Interesting on a sports slanted forum.

    portlyone
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    I believe Steve Peat was mentioned…

    Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee

    AgentOrange
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    William Wallace 😉

    Or Isaac Newton, if he'd survived, he'd would have been 367 this year.

    dickydutch
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    nickc – Ranulph Fiennes – he must qualify as a sportsman?! He ran 7 marathons in 7 continents in 7 days!
    Amongst other things.

    YoungDaveriley
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    David Essex

    westkipper
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    Isn't David Essex from a Romany background?
    That'll not get many votes fae the bigots on here!

    donsimon
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    David Bowie at Nº 29, I'm a fan, but 29th greatest Briton!

    Robbie Williams at 77 😯

    Edukator
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    FeeFoo
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    Noel Edmunds
    John Stuart Mill
    Pete Doherty

    Northwind
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    Really surprised how few people have said Isaac Newton…

    westkipper
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    Newtons early career was brilliant, but didn't he spend the rest of his life trying to transmute base metal into gold, and writing letters complaining that Catholics weren't being persecuted enough?

    busydog
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    For what it's worth from the US, I think I would have to say Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth (I) when considering the global impact in their times. From the arts/science I would say Shakespeare and Isaac Newton

    juan
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    Well he's not dead yet, but paddedfred is the most wickid awsum briton who ever lived. Although it's not like he ever set foot far from the border of civilised world (border also known as M25).
    Can we have him back now.

    keefus
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    the paramedic who pumped streptokinase into me 29 minutes into a heart attack! Dont know his name but he will forever be the greatest briton who ever lived.

    Northwind
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    West Kipper, he did go a bit off :mrgreen: But he achieved more in his most productive years than, well, than pretty much the entire rest of the royal society combined. And in so many fields, too… Not just a pure scientist either, he ended up running the royal mint and founded the gold standard, not to mention essentially becoming a secret policeman to fight counterfeiting.

    noteeth
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    Darwin or Wordsworth, I cannae decide.

    SuperScale20
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    noteeth
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    How can I help you?

    Not sure it can be resolved – Tintern Abbey versus The Origin of Species is a tough call.

    I'll settle for both.

    sherry
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    I would be very surprised if no one thought of Kirkpatrick MacMillan! But also in no order of choice:
    Alexander Fleming
    James Watt

    druidh
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    It surely has to be a toss-up between Isaac Newton and James Clerk Maxwell.

    Edric64
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    Ernest Shackleton. Hero.

    I thought Shackleton's family were Irish? not British

    Edric64
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    bob geldof

    Also Irish

    Edric64
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    Gerry Adams.

    Irish again and great? why?

    I thought the thread was Great Briton
    Or does this include N.I and the Republic ?

    PenrodPooch
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    Armando Ianucci

    mboy
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    Isambaard Kingdom Brunel for sure

    With Tony Wilson coming in a commendable 2nd place…

    tonto
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    Sir Richard Burton

    Andy
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    mboy – Member
    Isambaard Kingdom Brunel for sure

    With Tony Wilson coming in a commendable 2nd place…

    LOL! I'd agree with that.

    Plus Spedan Lewis for proving real Industrial Democracy is possible in Capitalist Society

    buzz-lightyear
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    I cant decide on the order:

    Newton
    Brunel
    Shakespeare
    Liz 1
    Darwin

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