[Other Sport] Max Mosley RIP

[Durlston]

A controversial character who ran F1 for a few years and successfully sued The News Of The World for his colourful sex life, has died at 81.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

blimey thought he was a little younger than that

RIP Mr Mosley

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I looked at this thread and thought "blimey.. this Doctor TV chap was all about healthy living, too - and the poor bugger has karked it far too young!"

I then realised it was a very different person.

 

[Randy McNob]

Horrible piece of work by all accounts, the world is a better place with one less racist in it

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5441955/Vile-leaflet-damns-Mosley-sickening.html

 

[Pretty Plnk Fairy]

Even the snowflakes at the Gruaniad liked his dad

Regards

DF

 

[nicko31]

RIP

Far for perfect but was a strong advocate for road safety plus took on Murdoch and won...

 

[Blue3]

Son of a fascist, an active member of the national union of fascists in the 1950s, an adulterous sadomasochistic who supported safer cars I will not miss him but I suppose those who knew him and were part of his interests might

 

[Weststander]

Even the snowflakes at the Gruaniad liked his dad

Regards

DF

I thought of the same song

 

[Smirko]

I'm sure there will be a whip round for his funeral....

 

[smillie's garden]

Even the snowflakes at the Gruaniad liked his dad

Regards

DF

Yes, times change and mistakes get made, but I think you'll find that any admiration would have been before he formed the BUF. If anything it shows how influential you can be in Britain with aristocratic connections and a lot of dosh - Oswald Mosley was a charismatic toff, and the toffs who ran the newspapers ate it up in the 1920s.

Incidentally PPF, what side would you have been on in the Battle of Cable Street?

 

[RexCathedra]

Incidentally PPF, what side would you have been on in the Battle of Cable Street?

You're asking someone whose former username -- correct me if I'm wrong -- was "Das Reich"?

 

[vegster]

Horrible piece of work by all accounts, the world is a better place with one less racist in it

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5441955/Vile-leaflet-damns-Mosley-sickening.html

It's a strange world indeed when The Daily Mail gets all uppity about fascism and hate speech.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Yes, times change and mistakes get made, but I think you'll find that any admiration would have been before he formed the BUF. If anything it shows how influential you can be in Britain with aristocratic connections and a lot of dosh - Oswald Mosley was a charismatic toff, and the toffs who ran the newspapers ate it up in the 1920s.

Incidentally PPF, what side would you have been on in the Battle of Cable Street?

PPF? *cough* oh....forget it *cough*

 

[Weststander]

I'm sure there will be a whip round for his funeral....

Everyone will get leathered at the wake.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

As mentioned on the radio today, it was later reported that the 'nazi theme' was made up by the newspaper he successfully sued. What remains is an interest in bondage and spanking.

I don't think he deserves his own obituary thread, but if it's Mosely versus the Mail, I'm a Max man.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

You're asking someone whose former username -- correct me if I'm wrong -- was "Das Reich"?

The post wasn't from Das Reich. It was from the parody account.

 

[Weststander]

Yes, times change and mistakes get made, but I think you'll find that any admiration would have been before he formed the BUF. If anything it shows how influential you can be in Britain with aristocratic connections and a lot of dosh - Oswald Mosley was a charismatic toff, and the toffs who ran the newspapers ate it up in the 1920s.

Incidentally PPF, what side would you have been on in the Battle of Cable Street?

I like to think that Mosley wasn’t influential in the big UK picture.

41m population, at peak the BUF reckoned it had 50,000 members (probably exaggerating, propaganda their thing). Mosley, Rothermere and allegedly Edward Windsor.

Whilst the rest of the nation despised them, from toffs such as Churchill to the fantastic collection of opponents at Cable Street. 20,000 opposed 3,000.

Then and now, I don’t think this country warms to violent extremes, of the left or right. Perhaps it’s because it’s a melting pot of immigrants over many centuries? Far right groups an eclectic collection of weirdos and bald, fat football thugs. Easily tracked by the police.

 

[studio150]

Yes, times change and mistakes get made, but I think you'll find that any admiration would have been before he formed the BUF. If anything it shows how influential you can be in Britain with aristocratic connections and a lot of dosh - Oswald Mosley was a charismatic toff, and the toffs who ran the newspapers ate it up in the 1920s.

Incidentally PPF, what side would you have been on in the Battle of Cable Street?

Absent in a pub in the West End

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I like to think that Mosley wasn’t influential in the big UK picture.

41m population, at peak the BUF reckoned it had 50,000 members (probably exaggerating, propaganda their thing). Mosley, Rothermere and allegedly Edward Windsor.

Whilst the rest of the nation despised them, from toffs such as Churchill to the fantastic collection of opponents at Cable Street. 20,000 opposed 3,000.

Then and now, I don’t think this country warms to violent extremes, of the left or right. Perhaps it’s because it’s a melting pot of immigrants over many centuries? Far right groups an eclectic collection of weirdos and bald, fat football thugs. Easily tracked by the police.

In 1936 (ish) Sir Oswald (Max's dad) trundled his armoured vehicle down Tooley Street with his brown pants loons in attendance. My dad, then aged 15, promptly joined the communist party. He was a bit of a character, my dad, but he could spot a **** and his ****ish ways a mile off

Anyway, though, that has nothing to do with Max.

 

[Weststander]

In 1936 (ish) Sir Oswald (Max's dad) trundled his armoured vehicle down Tooley Street with his brown pants loons in attendance. My dad, then aged 15, promptly joined the communist party. He was a bit of a character, my dad, but he could spot a **** and his ****ish ways a mile off

Anyway, though, that has nothing to do with Max.

I think loads joined the UK Communist Party in the 30’s not necessarily due to a love of all things Stalin, but to oppose twats like Mosley, or to side with Republicans against Franco.

UK fascist parties seemed to contain evil weirdos (we’ve mocked Webster and Tyndall before), an inter war years version was William Joyce.