...according to The Sun. (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007200654,00.html)

Shortlist includes Charlotte Church, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones (bit of a theme there) and Tony Blair:huh:

Kinda sums up the UK today really.

The cult of celebrity is everything if you're a Sun reader apparently.

The Queen, Steven Hawking and Maggie Thatcher appear to be thr only serious people on there.

The rest either appear on the Suns entertainment page alot, or are ticking the right political correctness boxes!

What a load of sh*t!

WTF is Charlotte Church doing on there ?

I think the sun has done it by how many times these people have been in their papers

WTF is Charlotte Church doing on there ?




WTF are any of that lot doing on the list for that matter (well, apart from Stephen Hawking, that is).

A bunch of Welsh Warblers and a couple of political leaders - both of whom led us into war - the 2nd of which did so based on lies.

Surely the "Greatest Briton", by definition, should've done some truly great things. I would think the likes of Isaac Newton, Brunel and William Shakespeare would be more appropriate.

Kinda sums up the UK today really.

The cult of celebrity is everything if you're a Sun reader apparently.


A bit off topic, but when I first read that line, I misread "cult" as something completely different - with an "n" instead of an "l" in the word.

Surely the "Greatest Briton", by definition, should've done some truly great things. I would think the likes of Isaac Newton, Brunel and William Shakespeare would be more appropriate.

Ahem - the Greatest LIVING Briton.

I'm struggling to think of one :blush:

Hello :wave:

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Hello :wave:

Hi :wave:

Lengthening

Ahem - the Greatest LIVING Briton.



Ah. Well that does make it a bit tougher.....

I still don't think the Welsh singers should be up for the running though. What about Bob Geldof? Is he a "Briton"? I don't know whether he comes from Belfast or Dublin...

Dublin, so he doesn't count.

Fern :nerd:

Or Tony?



.

Alan Sugar:devil:

Sheesh. I'm really struggling to think of a living Briton that I think is great.

Aside from myself, that is...

Sheesh. I'm really struggling to think of a living Briton that I think is great.

Aside from myself, that is...

fishing for votes are you?



I'll put my tick in your box





fnar fnar

Here's a few, from the top of my head, I respect for their accomplishments:

Richard Branson
Ridley Scott
Sir Steve Redgrave
Dame Judi Dench

I'm sure I can come up with others if I thought about it a while...

I know a really cool Colonial:cool2:

Jordan :w00t:

Jordan :w00t:
:shocking:

Next you'll be nominating Esther Ranson! :unsure:

We have a winner

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/22/nbritons122.xml

Half of them probably thought they were voting for Helen Mirren :glare:

Greatest Britons 2007 - Winners

Greatest Living Briton - The Queen Well she is our Queen for heaven's sake!

Fashion - Giles Deacon - Who?

Film - Helen Mirren Should have been Dame Judi Dench!!!

Business - Innocent Drinks: Richard Reed, Jon Wright, Adam Balon - Er hello...Richard Branson anybody?

Sport - Sir Ranulph Fiennes Arrogant but has every right to be...stirling bloke!

Campaigner - Duncan Goose of Global Ethics Ltd ??

TV - Ricky Gervais Not his greatest fan

The Arts - Banksy Nick Park...ooo come on Wallace and Gromit must qualify as art!

Music - Amy Winehouse My goodness...I would have though Sting or Phil Collins or another Artists that has stayed the test of time like Joe Cocker!

Global Achievement Award - David Beckham cough, splutter...just chocked on my tea!

Oh dear I thought it was me. :applause: :applause: :applause:

It could easily have been you and you and you.

There's to many of these s hit type programmes.

Maureen
Northern angel.:wub: