Greatest Living Englishman

[CountZero23]

soad said:

No love for Stirling Moss?

Was wondering why his name hand't already turned up. Living legend.

[nicanary]

CountZero23 said:

soad said:

No love for Stirling Moss?

Was wondering why his name hand't already turned up. Living legend.

See my post yesterday at 3.22pm.. A gentleman through and through. Old school. Will sign anything and turn up at the opening of an envelope.

I second an earlier shout for Prince Philip. The world will be a more boring place when he departs this earth. Except he's Greek.......

[Snozzwangler]

I quite like Sir Nicholas Winton

I like his 100th birthday celebrations too! and he's still bashing on at 105.

[GermanShepard]

Scousefella said:

GermanShepard said:

Stirling moss
John surtees
Ed milliband
Ranulph fiennes
David Attenborough
Derek bell

WTF?

Wondered who would notice...

[mrmaggit]

rehab71 said:

Sir David Attenborough for me!

Me too.

[Ayahuasca]

Ran Fiennes

[Funkycoldribena]

richarda0109 said:

All current living English VC holders.
Selfless Bravery.

This. Why the hell would Macca,Fiennes,Hawkins etc come above these?

[nicanary]

Funkycoldribena said:

richarda0109 said:

All current living English VC holders.
Selfless Bravery.

This. Why the hell would Macca,Fiennes,Hawkins etc come above these?

Because heroism/courage is only one facet of a man's character. There are so many other aspects to take into account. It's easy to get carried away by the medal - what else do we know about these men?

[Rawwr]

Funkycoldribena said:

richarda0109 said:

All current living English VC holders.
Selfless Bravery.

This. Why the hell would Macca,Fiennes,Hawkins etc come above these?

I don't believe anyone suggested that bloke from The Darkness.

[marmitemania]

Not technically a man but surely Her Maj must be in with a shout. She is after all the commander in chief. So she has resisted pushing the button and getting rid of us lot!!

[nicanary]

marmitemania said:

Not technically a man but surely Her Maj must be in with a shout. She is after all the commander in chief. So she has resisted pushing the button and getting rid of us lot!!

I know this will upset the republicans amongst us, but I reckon that, on the whole, she's done a top job. There's been a few blips (e.g. Dianagate) but she's not put much of a foot wrong for 60+ years. Assuming we remain a monarchy, I'm guessing she will be regarded in retrospect as one of the "great" monarchs of our lengthy history.

Sits back and waits for the "sponging off the people" brigade..........

[johnxjsc1985]

Sir Paul McCartney .. A decent bloke good family man and incredible musician.

[mrtwisty]

Hawking, Attenborough or Berners-Lee. Probably swaying towards Hawking ultimately - his name will be known for a long, long time.

[mybrainhurts]

Bit late here. Has anybody mentioned me?

[Rawwr]

mybrainhurts said:

Bit late here. Has anybody mentioned me?

No but we could make a similar thread for that.

[mybrainhurts]

Is that a threat..?

[rich83]

I'd say Ranulph too.

[LordGrover]

mybrainhurts said:

Bit late here. Has anybody mentioned me?

Are you Englis? I tougt wen you were born 'we' were all anglo saxons. Or vikings?

[KingNothing]

johnxjsc1985 said:

Sir Paul McCartney .. A decent bloke good family man and incredible musician.

I'm sorry to have learned that you have obviously went deaf

[clonmult]

rich83 said:

I'd say Ranulph too.

Torn between Ranulph and Andy Green; reckon that Andy Green is more deserving of such an award.