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Britons vote for 'worst Briton'. Ripper voted worst ever Briton but identity remains a secret

I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.It surprised me that his name came out at #1,

i would have thought that the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe would have come before him.



http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/



Or Dr Harold Shipman.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/shipman.shtml

Hi Abbey, Chonsi - I too thought Thomas Beckett was a saint and martyr. His tomb is in Canterbury Cathedral. Celebrated a day or two after Christmas, from memory. As for Bad King John - many now think the only 'bad' thing about him was 'bad press'. While his brother 'Good King Richard' bankrupted England gadding about on crusades (and with his blonde troubadour boyfriend) his little bro overhauled the country's legal system and - by standards of the time - actually tried to govern fairly

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abbey wrote: It surprised me that his name came out at #1,

i would have thought that the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe would have come before him.



http://www.execulink.com/~kbrannen/



Or Dr Harold Shipman.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/crime/caseclosed/shipman.shtml
Or sweeney todd? Sheesh!

Pesonally, I think Oliver Cromwell or Richard III should be on there somewhere!

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_kill ... man_1.html

I am stunned that this has been labelled by the poll as Briton's. I would suggest that you may get a very different list from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

My Top Five

Charles 1st

George IV

Duke of Windsor

Oswald Mosely

Tony Blair

Saint or sinner?

What did martyr Becket do to end up as second worst Briton?

Don't forget Dennis Nielson......

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.


I'm flabbergasted too chonsi...very strange. Some of the others are rather obscure which makes me wonder who they asked.

Where did John Amery come?

chonsigirl wrote: I'm surprised at Thomas Becket, whom many consider a saint.


One of the churches in my village is named after Thomas Beckett.

lady cop wrote: Saint or sinner?

What did martyr Becket do to end up as second worst Briton?




















Even the replies to Thomas Becket being on the list show the poll to be very slanted. I'm one the side that consider him a saint..............thank you for the link LC!:)

Bothwell wrote: I am stunned that this has been labelled by the poll as Briton's. I would suggest that you may get a very different list from Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

My Top Five

Charles 1st

George IV

Duke of Windsor

Oswald Mosely

Tony Blair


Oliver Cromwell was no picnic either...

Can you imagine living under puritanical rule? How depressing...

orpheus wrote: Where did John Amery come?


All over his autographed picture of Adolf Hitler I should imagine...

Besides all that.....they are not even sure that Jack the Ripper was a Brit! The latest is he was a jewish immigrant from Europe!

Slade1 wrote: All over his autographed picture of Adolf Hitler I should imagine...


boom boom.

Raven wrote: Besides all that.....they are not even sure that Jack the Ripper was a Brit! The latest is he was a jewish immigrant from Europe!
Anyone for Winston Churchill?He new what communism was all about ,who supported it and its chief aims,yet he still insisted on Nazi Germany as the chief villain in Europe!

Clancy wrote: Tony Blair


And the repulsive lying toad, Heath.

It's not known for a fact that Jack The Ripper was British. Some historians believe he was in fact A merican due to Americanisms in his letters such as 'ha ha' if my memory serves me