churchill
Thursday, 19 March 2009
WINSTON Churchill's grandson has spoken of his outrage over the use of his grandfather's image in right-wing
propaganda.
Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames reacted angrily after discovering a picture was being used as part of the British
National Party's Battle For Britain election campaign.
A furious Mr Soames said: "I am outraged and appalled by the use of the picture by the BNP.
"They have no right to use my grandfather's name, who would have thought them a vile bunch.
Having accepted the right of Mr Soames to complain about the BNP, one wonders whether or not he could confirm that
upon examination of Sir Winston's views of Islam, he would have been allowed to join today's Conservative
Party:
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as
dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in
many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity
of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of
its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must
belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final
extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may
show splendid qualities - but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow
it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and
proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and
were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly
struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
Perhaps Mr Soames might also like to be acquainted with the words of his grandfather during a
cabinet meeting in early February 1953:
Winston Churchill considered blocking all immigration to Britain because he feared a growing "coloured population"
was posing a threat to Britain's social stability.
Churchill, then 79, told Cabinet colleagues that he did not "want a parti-coloured UK". At a Cabinet meeting on
February 3, 1954, the prime minister told colleagues:
"Problems will arise if many coloured people settle here.
Are we to saddle ourselves with colour problems in UK?"
Churchill said immigrants were attracted to Britain by the welfare state and he said:
"Public opinion in UK won't
tolerate it once it gets beyond certain limits."