Cyril Smith dies.

[scotty]

RIP big fella

[Hatch]

82 as well.

 

So much for lardies dying early.

[TopGun]

A political institution of the 1970s and 1980s.

[Deppo]

Political indigestion of the 1970s and 1980s.

[mack rill]

Wonder if his Box will be on the back of a flat bed artic?

[trousers]

Slight coincidence in that he was from Rochdale, whom we play tomorrow

[aintforever]

He was a big Rochdale fan I think.

[Deppo]

Slight coincidence in that he was from Rochdale, whom we play tomorrow

 

It might be a sign?

[St Landrew]

He was a big Rochdale fan I think.

 

It might be a sign?

 

Not EVERYTHING is related to football.

 

RIP to a great Liberal.

[solentstars]

cyril smith a great character makes all the blairite tory clones like cameron look little boys

[Hatch]

He was a big Rochdale fan I think.

 

a very big one

[scotty]

 

RIP to a great Liberal.

 

oddly enough, he wasnt all that liberal tbh, he was a staunch supporter of capital punishment and avidly in favour of the UK nuclear deterrent. Neither of which went down too well with the party.

[hamster]

I personally quite like people who dedicate their lives to politics, ande right reasons, unlike th stick to their guns.

 

btw, his obesity was apparently due to having a small piece of grit enter his bloodstream as a nipper, whech travelled to his kidleys and stuck there.

 

Proper iconic politician for all the right reasons, unlike the ones who do it by being bastrards and starving their own people into submission.

[St Landrew]

oddly enough, he wasnt all that liberal tbh, he was a staunch supporter of capital punishment and avidly in favour of the UK nuclear deterrent. Neither of which went down too well with the party.

 

Perhaps I should have said, A great Politician then. I wasn't aware that he was in favour of those two major Liberal no-nos. He wasn't a career politician, but more of a life long one. He always counted.

 

EDIT: Quite a few typos, hamster. Was that yardarm a little higher in the sky, this evening..?

Edited 3 September, 2010 by St Landrew

[scotty]

Perhaps I should have said, A great Politician then. I wasn't aware that he was in favour of those two major Liberal no-nos. He wasn't a career politician, but more of a life long one. He always counted.

 

EDIT: Quite a few typos, hamster. Was that yardarm a little higher in the sky, this evening..?

 

I wasnt thinking any less of him for that mate, and wasnt criticising you. I was surprised to hear it as well, it was mentioned on the evening news on R4.

[bridge too far]

Interesting obit in today's Guardian:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/03/sir-cyril-smith-obituary

 

and a further article by Michael White:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/03/sir-cyril-smith-michael-white

[St Landrew]

I wasnt thinking any less of him for that mate, and wasnt criticising you. I was surprised to hear it as well, it was mentioned on the evening news on R4.

 

That's OK, I didn't think you were anyway. Incidentally, there was a time in Cyril Smith's political life when he was a member of the Labour Party, so he certainly had a mind and opinion of his own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Smith

[hamster]

EDIT: Quite a few typos, hamster. Was that yardarm a little higher in the sky, this evening..?

 

Nah, it's this stupid computer, every time my hand brushes the touchpad the text cursor jumps all ove the place. It needs fixing.

 

btw I have not a clue what you mean, I am just explaing the typos.

[hamster]

I hope that Rochdale have a minutes silence for Cyril next home game. He was a massive part of Rochdale Football club folklore. As important, arguably more-so, to their survival and existence.

 

Nice one Cyril, nice one son.