SOMETIMES the danger posed can be so great it makes for the strangest alliances. Think Winston Churchill and Joe Stalin. The day Hitler invaded the Union of the Soviet Republics, Churchill offered his support to Stalin, previously the target of some choice Churchillian barbs. If Hitler invaded hell, rasped the Greatest Ever Briton, he would soon find something favourable to say about the devil. There is another great Churchill story, gleaned from the history of the recently re-opened Savoy Hotel. He was dining there at the height of the Blitz and asked the waiter to bring him a small paper bag. Churchill then sliced his steak in half, put one half in the bag and handed it back to the waiter. "We are all," growled the man who saved civilisation, "in this together." I was reminded of both these tales over the weekend after reading two superbly written comment pieces in such diverse publications as Saturday's Daily Mail and the Observer, twenty four hours later. Gerald Warner, described by the Daily Mail as a leading Catholic pundit, used his distaste for Peter Kearney of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland's witch hunt of Hugh Dallas, as a peg for a thoughtful pice on why such an action was of no help to Christianity, which he says, is besieged on all sides. The next day Kevin McKenna used his weekly Observer column in a narrower way, turning all of his considerable cannons on Kearney and the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. His piece was made all the more powerful by his plain and proud statements of his Roman Catholic faith. This is something I can attest to as I've known the big man for a quarter of a century, through his days as editor of the Celtic View, sports editor and later deputy editor of Scotland on Sunday, deputy editor of the Herald and assistant editor of the Scottish Daily Mail. In my personal experience of him, big Kevin is most certainly devout, tolerant, thoughtful and extremely clubable. A fine fellow indeed. However, one thing I cannot recall either of this much more erudite than me pair mentioning was one of the finest leaders the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has ever had, the late great cardinal Tom Winning. Or Tommy, as the irrepressible late Jim Rogers of press box fame used to greet him with such affection. It was my great good fortune to have met Winning on a number of occasions and he was a man who it was impossible not to like. He was earthy, salt of the earth and a great and good Celtic man. He and I disagreed on just about everything we ever discussed. Except one thing. We're awe Jock Tamson's Bairns. Kevin McKenna knew Winning better, and the next time our paths cross - which I hope is soon as it's his turn to pick up the luncheon tab - I will be interested to hear his thoughts on whether Winning would have allowed the Church he loved so much and served so well to make such an ass of itself. No doubt Warner - who I suspect wouldn't know my name from Adam's - and even such a dear old chum as Kevin McKenna, are uncomfortable at being allied with someone who holds such views as this old hack. Though I doubt of they will squirm half as much as Churchill did. And nobody is asking them to go as far as the Greatest Ever Briton and announce their willingness to make a pact with the Auld Nick. .....AND WHEN the Rangers plan touched down in Turkey yesterday, chairman Alistair Johnson called a press conference to answer questions on the takeover story. He had made sure on the flight that he devoured every word written about it in all the Sunday papers. A cracking story for the reporters on the spot. But yes, you've guessed, someone was missing. There was not sighting to be had of the Times of London's Scottish edition district man, Odious Creep. Once again prompting the question, just what does he do to earn Murdoch's money? And will be be picking up pocket money moonlighting on Radio Clyde, 1500 miles away from where the story actually is?
"Gerald Warner, described by the Daily Mail as a leading Catholic pundit" Aye, and described by everyone else as slightly to the right of Hitler! Who wrote this pish anyway? I suspect it's Mr. Obsessive.
are you not bored posting ****e like this i miss newsbot ... at least the articles he spewed all ovethis site where remotely interesting obsessed much
Just had a woman on the phone and when I asked her how she was coping with the weather she said "I've had 12 inches up my way during the night" The silly bint couldn't understand why I was laughing!
no I'm glad to say im probably half his age and not an alcoholic, and am in no way as bitter and bigoted as he is Pope calm down man, I was only posting because it winds a few members up, I read an article written by Dev/ lucifer, where he states to hate the guy
Maybe you could show me that article? I certainly don't remember saying I "Hated" anyone. I did say the guy was a cabbage and a bigot but I never said I hated him so please don't quote me when what you are saying is a lie or the fetid imaginings of your half cocked memory.
you might not have said you hated him but if you read in between the lines you could tell you never liked him, and unfortunately i cant show you it as the powers that be on the other forum have locked that bit for members only
So you read between the lines and read into that "I hated him"? I don't even know him so why would I hate him? What's the point in hate? I leave hatred to bigots like Leggat. He's a nonentity , I pity him as I do the people who take his words as being worth something.
