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| German president lays a wreath at the Cenotaph Source: Mirror |
There was a heart-warming gesture at the spot where the First World War ended when French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel embraced at a special ceremony which marked the centenary at Compiègne north of Paris.
The mood of reconciliation continued into Remembrance Sunday when German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier placed a wreath at the base of the Cenotaph.
President Steinmeier reverently bowed his head in a prolonged gesture which encapsulated the tone of the Royal British Legion centenary commemoration at the Festival of Remembrance on Saturday night and at the commemoration service in Westminster Abbey on Sunday evening.
A fitting tribute to all those who gave their tomorrow for our today. 'Their name liveth for evermore'.
It all rather puts the utter stupidity of Brexit into true perspective.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you find it necessary to be offensive on a solemn occasion ?
DeleteQuite so Oliver.
DeleteTypical bad taste, bad loser, Remoaner snide remark David, making a cheap political point at a completely inappropriate time.
A text book example of why Priests should keep out of Politics.
What you may consider to be utter stupidity others may consider to be utter common sense.
Delighted to think that Oliver and Enoch think this whole Brexit process is going so swimmingly and that we are being presented with a stark choice between vassalage and chaos when common sense dictates that a People's Vote is the only way out of this absolute dog's breakfast of a mess.
DeleteYou have no idea what Oliver or Enoch think of the Brexit process.
DeleteTheir opinion of your untimely sniping is clear enough though.
If the "Peoples Vote" goes the wrong way then we must have another. However I fail to see what this subject has to do wih remembrance.To me remembrance is about reconciliation and prayer not political discussion.
DeletePrecisely, Mr. Jones, that is exactly why I made the original comment pointing out the contrast between the splendid Armistice centenary commemorations which united and brought the country together v Brexit which has brought nothing but division and has torn the nation in twain.
DeleteEr... isn't peace 'worked at' as well as prayed for? I think history will be on Fr David's side here. Surely, the whole point of the the Armistice commemorations is undergirded by the hope that there will never be war on this scale in Europe again. Ever. Did those who gave their lives in two world wars make this sacrifice so that, 70 years later, the flames of xenophobic nationalism could be fanned, the insecurities of the Tory party (and the English generally) could be allowed to divide Britian, and severely restrict the future opportunities of the young? I don't think so.
DeleteThe facts that you seek to continue your argument here and justify your original post serve only to underline how crass was your original comment.
DeleteShame on you David.
Bruce that is offensive. For many of us as Brexiteers, it is about democracy not xenophobia. The 1975 vote would not have passed if people were asked "did they want to be in an undemocratic federal state of Europe". Let's repeat that vote. The EU haven't ever had it's auditors sign off the accounts as they don't add up, yet we accept that. You mention the English with contempt ( which is xenophobia) yet Wales voted for Brexit too. You could argue that only allowing people from Europe free passage to the UK is unfair to the rest of the world, especially the many christians who need assylum. The Torys have messed up the negotiations, but were the only party who allowed people a vote......that is called democracy, something people have fought for across the ages. The divisions are awful, but partly as people didn't like the democratic answer.
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Well let us hope and pray that the Cabinet see sense today and stop this disastrous Brexit deal in its tracks, Failing that my hope is that the Commons will vote against what must surely be a national catastrophe.
DeleteDear Mr David , Surely you can distinguish between what is a quasi religious issue and mere politics.
DeleteIt is a shame Merky and Macron didn't shew such dignity but used the occasion to for politiking.
ReplyDeleteAt least they had the decency to turn up to the ceremony, unlike the draft-dodging ingrate from America who stayed away because it was raining. Of course he found time to say hi to Putin later!
DeleteA "true perspective" would suggest amity between nations not subservience to an unelected bureaucracy. One must be able to differ without accusing those with whom one disagrees as utterly stupid.
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