Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Isn't it time for a change?

They've named the 10 worst Britons of the last 1,000 years and guess what... they're all men! What a big surprise. Seems that us feeble little girls just aren't very handy when it comes to murdering, genocide, etc. Or maybe we're just a fair bit more moral.

Well I think there's an arguement for putting Maggie Thatcher in there but then she really wasn't making much of an effort compared to this lot:
1900 to 2000: Oswald Mosley(1896-1980)
1800 to 1900: Jack the Ripper
1700 to 1800: Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)
1600 to 1700: Titus Oates(1649-1705)
1500 to 1600: Sir Richard Rich (Lord Rich of Leighs)(1496/7-1567)
1400 to 1500: Thomas Arundel (1353-1414)
1300 to 1400: Hugh Despenser (The Younger)(died 1326)
1200 to 1300: King John(1167-1216)
1100 to 1200: Thomas BecketArchbishop of Canterbury(c.1120-1170)
1000 to 1100: Eadric Streona

And before anyone complains - there were two women in the top ten Greatest Britons: Diana and Elizabeth 1st (and yes I know the votes were done a bit differently, hey I don't run the BBC, more's the pity). Not bad going in spite of all the oppression we've had to put up with over the years. Might have been more if Victoria had had a better press, also you've got to imagine Mary Seacole is splitting the Florence Nightingale vote (and arguably deserves a mention more than Flo).

4 comments:

Richard Gibson said...

They've left off Sting, Phil Collins etc...

Terrible oversight.

buryblue said...

Somebody was reading this an asked me who I though had been listed in the top ten. My first suggestion was Margaret Thatcher.

I would have thought there would be a strong case for inclusion of Bloody Mary - I believe she enjoyed a good burning or two.

My other suggestion would have been another male - The Witchfinder General.

Cruella said...

Think you've missed the whole point of having a blog. Erm, its for MY opinions. I'm not running this so I can nod along with misogynists, religious nutcases, fascists, etc.

lost clown said...

hehehe That's why we blog right?