Friday, 12 April 2013

Today's entry in the history rewriting competition

From The Metro:

N Power was wrong by claiming [sic] that Baroness Thatcher wouldn't have suggested dancing on anyone's grave (Metro, Thu).

After the Argentine warship General Belgrano was sunk in the Falklands War with the loss of 323 lives, her response was 'Rejoice, rejoice'. It wouldn't be hard to argue that doesn't amount to pretty much the same thing.

David Jacob, Essex.


Strictly speaking, she said that when "our forces and the marines" raised the White Ensign over South Georgia:

3 comments:

Lola said...

FFS!

Anonymous said...

Good grief. Astonishing that he has forgotten that the "rejoice, rejoice" was at the taking of South Georgia, not the sinking. My, those lefties really do hate her.

Lola said...

AC - he didn't forget. he mis-remembered. Minitrue lesson 1.