tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5529016778374176245..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Memories of the FalklandsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28527021685326863022007-04-13T20:12:00.000+01:002007-04-13T20:12:00.000+01:00I was a member of 407 Troop RCT (JHSU)during Op Co...I was a member of 407 Troop RCT (JHSU)during Op Corporate, while not front line fighting I remember sights, sounds and smells that 25 years later still disturb me. War is the almost the biggest abomination that has ever struck this planet. Death and mutilation is not something that you can ever forget.<BR/><BR/>That said -<BR/><BR/>We had to go and fight to retake the Falklands, oppression never be allowed to prosper, the removal of the rights for Human beings to decide their own destiny is the one thing that is worse than war.<BR/><BR/>The Falklands had a price, at the time when so many died and were wounded, and since. Nights and sleep still hold a special fear for me, the one time when I have no control of my memories. But I am and will always be convinced that the price was worth payingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77405852968424823352007-04-02T20:10:00.000+01:002007-04-02T20:10:00.000+01:00The Argentineans have long claimed the islands as ...The Argentineans have long claimed the islands as their own, but they were discovered by an Englishman, Captain John Davis in the ship Desire, in August 1592. The first recorded landing was made in 1690 by another English sailor, Captain John Strong, who named the channel dividing the two main islands ‘Falkland Sound' after Viscount Falkland, the Royal Navy’s treasurer.<BR/>The British took formal possession of the islands for the Crown in 1765 – fully 51 years before Argentina even existed – and, although there was some to-ing and fro-ing with the French and Spanish governments over the next few decades, they were never relinquished.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305694077050973153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56709982768986407202007-04-02T01:19:00.000+01:002007-04-02T01:19:00.000+01:00I too will be at the 25th Anniversary in Sheffield...I too will be at the 25th Anniversary in Sheffield, if you want to share how you feel, with the people who were really there, be there and face us, and we will will answer your questions face to face.<BR/> <BR/>Percy (chris) Purcell, HMS Sheffield D80 1982Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51761827695153457342007-04-01T15:39:00.000+01:002007-04-01T15:39:00.000+01:00All,if any of you wish to discuss this in person, ...All,<BR/><BR/>if any of you wish to discuss this in person, I will be in Sheffield with the remainder of the surviving ships company, of the weekend of May 4 - 6 for the memorial service. The widows and fatherless children will also be there if you feel the need to air your views for them too.<BR/><BR/>I fully respect your rights to air your points of view on this site. However, please bear in mind why you have the right to say your piece without fear of let nor hindrance. It is because of the sacrifice of those who gone before you, and given THEIR lives for YOUR opinions. None of us who fought in 1982 have any qualms about being sent - we were all volunteers who accepted the Queen's shilling and all that went with it.<BR/><BR/>Had it not been for those 30,000 men and women [and boys - I was 17, Private Jason Burt (3 Para) was 17 when killed on Mt Longdon, Private Neil Grose (3 Para) was killed on his 18th birthday, as was Seaman Matt Stuart (HMS Argonaut)] then the people of the islands would now live in fear and repression, as would the people of Argentina.<BR/><BR/>If it were not for our Grandfathers we would all have been born with jackboots on.<BR/><BR/>In 2002 I went and met the two Argentine pilots that sank the ship I was on, have any of you asked any of the Argentine veterans of their opinion of their own govt at the time? I have - makes an interesting point of view. Irrespective of the horrific events of May 1982, we were right to send the Task Force and with the benefit of hindsight, I would go again.<BR/><BR/>Any of you are free to respond with any comments you wish, but I will not be entering into an e-mail war with any of you, I feel I have had my share of those.<BR/><BR/>As a correction to one posting on here regarding the sinking of the Belgrano, her two escort vessels did not flee but tried their hardest to rescue as many of the survivors as possible. The decision to sink her was still correct.<BR/><BR/>Adam (Joe) Lawton<BR/>ex-Junior Seaman<BR/>HMS Sheffield 1982Adam (Joe) Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14976296016408512615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29131546855222557042007-04-01T09:39:00.000+01:002007-04-01T09:39:00.000+01:00Malvinas Argentinas, Jibraltar Español, Esequibo V...Malvinas Argentinas, Jibraltar Español, Esequibo VenezolanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64209229374617549152007-03-31T01:34:00.000+01:002007-03-31T01:34:00.000+01:00Actually I will argue with him, having read his si...Actually I will argue with him, having read his site the murderer shows no remorse for his actions, indeed everything appears to be someone elses fault.<BR/><BR/>As for his attacks on Verity well his comments show his own lack of understanding.Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6391414489618999892007-03-31T00:17:00.000+01:002007-03-31T00:17:00.000+01:00I'm glad so many people have it in for that pointl...I'm glad so many people have it in for that pointless tool who called them "the Malvinas".<BR/><BR/>I wanted to hit him with a shovel.Chertiozhnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100747784779653643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60934289677344963412007-03-30T22:48:00.000+01:002007-03-30T22:48:00.000+01:00well I remember:CoventrySheffieldArrow (I think ?)...well I remember:<BR/><BR/>Coventry<BR/>Sheffield<BR/>Arrow (I think ?)<BR/>Atlantic Conveyor<BR/>Tumbledown<BR/>Goose Green<BR/>Sharkey Ward & Sea Harriers<BR/>Sidewinder 9L<BR/>Vulcan Raid<BR/>Welsh Guards<BR/>Gurkas<BR/>Marines & the Paras, SAS and SBS<BR/>Super Etendards & Exocets<BR/>Yomping<BR/>Conscripts<BR/>Red & Green life machine<BR/>Hermes Invincible<BR/>Welcome Home<BR/><BR/>a nation is only as strong as those who defend it<BR/><BR/>anyone who thinks the Belgrano sinking was a war crime has<BR/>a) not done their research<BR/>b) takes their talking points from the liberal left media as its so much easier than doing their own orginal thinkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15135877381204630512007-03-30T08:46:00.000+01:002007-03-30T08:46:00.000+01:00Well I am not going to argue with Jailhouselawyer,...Well I am not going to argue with Jailhouselawyer, after all might get axed to death.<BR/><BR/>That said he is wrong on all points, the war was right and is still right, the Falklands always have been ours and always will be.<BR/><BR/>As for that pointless tool in the video calling them "las malvinas", bet that arese reads The Guardian.<BR/><BR/>Oh sinking the Belgrano was a brilliant move, the Argentine navy stayed in port after that, oh and had the Argentine escort ships not fled like cowards they could have rescued a lot of the men who died.Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24570583899588599512007-03-29T11:41:00.000+01:002007-03-29T11:41:00.000+01:00Verity: It is you that is unbearable with your dri...Verity: It is you that is unbearable with your drivel dripping like sewer water from a pipe.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70426366561273407572007-03-29T10:17:00.000+01:002007-03-29T10:17:00.000+01:00If anyone criticises verity on this blog a thousan...If anyone criticises verity on this blog a thousand swords should leap from their scabbards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80989011720049567592007-03-29T05:46:00.000+01:002007-03-29T05:46:00.000+01:00Nuke'em until they glow and shoot em in the dark! ...Nuke'em until they glow and shoot em in the dark! Should have been waht we did to Buenos and everything more than 15 people in Argie. Bliar should give Tehran 3 days and then nuke EVERYTHING between Iraq and Pakistan. Time for people to learn what happens to the enemies of the Queen. If Bliar wqon't do it, time for Lizzie to lop off a few heads for treason until we get someone who will defend the interests of the realm!Heyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08333291654356970407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21191766554745895172007-03-29T05:31:00.000+01:002007-03-29T05:31:00.000+01:00Aaagh shut up wrote: "What with JHL and Tim Irelan...Aaagh shut up wrote: "What with JHL and Tim Ireland, this blog is becoming almost unbearable."<BR/><BR/>Agreed.<BR/><BR/>Aaagh Shut Up also adds my name. I am not a murderer. I'm not a spamming prick. Aaagh Shut Up, I would suggest that besides the crappy axe-murder of an old lady while her back was turned to him, and Tim Ireland, boredom on stilts, you add your own name.<BR/><BR/>You're inadequate and belong in that company. Drab, angry failures. Shit House Lawyer, the axe-murderer, who is hoping to get a guest spot on Iain Dale's Diary to talk authoritatively about axe murdering - oops! votes for turkeys - and Tim Ireland, who is apparently someone people know on the blogosphere. All the Z-list celebs, eh?<BR/><BR/>Include me out. Who is Tim Ireland by the way, and why is he infesting Iain's blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60024448226946962112007-03-29T02:33:00.000+01:002007-03-29T02:33:00.000+01:00Even for Bloomsbury (an area I know fairly well) t...Even for Bloomsbury (an area I know fairly well) the couldn't-care-less ignorance was disgusting. Admittedly they did interview predominantly younger people (why?). Is this the extent of what these idiots know about everything else? <BR/><BR/>pedant 8:44am<BR/>yes, I've been doing some listening around my NuLabchums, and the NHS has done for NuLab, hook, line and sinker. They're all suffering. <BR/>I never go to my GP if I can possibly avoid it, but I moved house recently, and went this week (taxpayer for 37 years) to register with a GP, filled in the forms. As the receptionist kindly told me: 'You have to...You have to...You have to...We won't...They won't...You'll need to....and you must...Otherwise we can't...'<BR/><BR/>So - bit like Butlins then.<BR/><BR/>Receptionist (She Who Must Be Obeyed):<BR/>'Until yuh've seen the nurse fr'a (10 min) screening you can't be registe'd. We've five nurses.'<BR/><BR/>The five nurses were available for appointment at 9.20am one day a week only. 'But I'm at work at 9.20' - 'Too bad. We can't register you.'<BR/><BR/>Of course, I begin to realise - the 'service' is for women, mums n' chavs n' local council bods who can skive off work because they've 'gotta to go th'orspitl'.<BR/><BR/>---------------------<BR/><BR/>Should-Know-Better - you naughty, naughty, naughty boy: I've already ordered the Doughty Street presenter thru' Ocado's RentaPresenta Home Delivery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53584968190277144352007-03-29T00:31:00.000+01:002007-03-29T00:31:00.000+01:00I'm a hard hitter, as the Director General of the ...I'm a hard hitter, as the Director General of the Prison Service has referred to me. Nobody's right all the time. However, I am right on this and have stated my case.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42441184067445230182007-03-28T23:02:00.000+01:002007-03-28T23:02:00.000+01:00Nobody is right all the time JHL - even you - and ...Nobody is right all the time JHL - even you - and you are aggressive at times, in blogs as well as in real life (remember?). I just hope that other bloggers/commentators aren't as aggressive in real life as you are/ have been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22036230312666395792007-03-28T21:24:00.000+01:002007-03-28T21:24:00.000+01:00Being right isn't being aggressive just because th...Being right isn't being aggressive just because the truth hurts.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74606599302066649872007-03-28T21:04:00.000+01:002007-03-28T21:04:00.000+01:00What with JHL and Tim Ireland, this blog is becomi...What with JHL and Tim Ireland, this blog is becoming almost unbearable. Can't understand why people want to go around blogs being aggressive and unpleasant. That goes for Verity too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37040642193380143432007-03-28T20:14:00.000+01:002007-03-28T20:14:00.000+01:00ADDRESS BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE ARGENTINE R...ADDRESS BY THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION<BR/><BR/>New York, June 18 2004<BR/><BR/>"On January 3, 1833, British forces expelled the Argentine inhabitants and authorities established on the Malvinas Islands and began their illegal occupation, configuring a special colonial situation unlike any other. This is reflected by numerous resolutions of the General Assembly and of this Committee".<BR/><BR/>Here endeth the lesson.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44493955116037876382007-03-28T19:16:00.000+01:002007-03-28T19:16:00.000+01:00JHL: For some reason I took the time to read and r...JHL: For some reason I took the time to read and re-read your post a dozen times, wasting part of my life I will never get back, in a vain effort to work out what on Earth you're on about.<BR/><BR/>Why don't you check back in to your cell (prisons are so much like hotels these days that I assume 'check in' is the correct term) and take your illiterate, ill-informed, vile and unwelcome views with you.Astro-Turf Lawnmowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131914904410009882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32142812821472124942007-03-28T18:56:00.000+01:002007-03-28T18:56:00.000+01:00astroturf lawnmower: That's not a civilised societ...astroturf lawnmower: That's not a civilised society your link is a fantasy, a world of fantasy you live in.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38401637545841350472007-03-28T18:49:00.000+01:002007-03-28T18:49:00.000+01:00JHL - Until now I have ignored you because your vi...JHL - Until now I have ignored you because your views don't count for anything in civilised society. But your comment about Lt Col H. Jones (I note you couldn't be bothered to type out his surname) is too far.<BR/><BR/>As for devaluing the Victoria Cross by distributing them like confetti, what nonsense. Only two were awarded, both postumously (the other to Sgt Ian McKay) and both were richly deserved.<BR/><BR/>You are not fit to lick the boots of any one of the soldiers, sailors or airmen who fought in that war.Astro-Turf Lawnmowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131914904410009882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64799491947935181632007-03-28T16:23:00.000+01:002007-03-28T16:23:00.000+01:00I'd be hard pressed to think of a better reason to...I'd be hard pressed to think of a better reason to go to war than having our nation's territory invaded, our Marines imprisoned and our people brutalised.<BR/><BR/>Scotland dosn't look too different to the Falklands, a lot of empty windswept hills and all that, would it be 'pointless' to defend her is she were invaded?<BR/><BR/>Every man (and woman) of them that willingly went to war is a hero, and they deserve nothing less than our humble and heartfelt gratitude. Public flogging followed by deportation to Iran for any who'd insult their efforts.Scott Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189076390204673741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49959854131864967302007-03-28T16:22:00.000+01:002007-03-28T16:22:00.000+01:00Most days on 18 Doughty Street we send someone out...<I>Most days on 18 Doughty Street we send someone out on the streets of Bloomsbury to record some Vox Pops with local people...</I><BR/><BR/>There is a world outside WC1! Buy the film crew an Oyster card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82735624474802734692007-03-28T15:45:00.000+01:002007-03-28T15:45:00.000+01:00I still haven't got over how Maggie devalued the V...I still haven't got over how Maggie devalued the Victoria Cross during the Malvinas campaign, distributing them like confetti. For example, Colonel H got one just for sticking his head up above the trench and getting it shot off.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.com