Armed Forces Champion?
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“supported by Cllr David Griffiths, Armed Forces Champion, explained: “
Translation: Cynical label to make me look holier than thou.
Is there anyone in wrexham who doesn’t champion the armed forces? I have relatives on the Memorial Hall Wall and I find it in very bad taste that a policitian is using the armed forces to make himself look good.
Surely they can’t all have alternative agenda’s for everything they do !!
Perhaps in this instance it is a very honourable gesture.
Oh and I’m not a local councillor !!!!@CerysHughes 19529 wrote:
Is there anyone in wrexham who doesn’t champion the armed forces?
I should imagine there are thousands.
@justjojo2011 19540 wrote:
What are we championing them for?
Going out and doing the unspeakable day in day out so people can have the freedom to comment on forums like this?
I think George Orwell nailed it, I also think Cerys is spot on when she states that this is just a cheap and tawdry attempt by a local politician to hijack a popular cause for personal gain.
It’s sadly so unsurprising.George Orwell wrote:We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us.What the ordinary man (Or Maureen) in the street sees as a noble cause, has always been shamelessly and parasitically exploited by politicians as Kipling’s ‘Tommy’ poem from 1890, perfectly describes – particularly the final stanza.
The good Councillor merely continues this fine political tradition.
Mr Kipling wrote:You talk o’ better food for us, an’ schools, an’ fires, an’ all:
We’ll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don’t mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow’s Uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! “
But it’s ” Saviour of ‘is country ” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
An ‘Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool – you bet that Tommy sees!For me, it’s more about what he’s achieved in that role. If he is genuinely making a positive difference to the lives of those from the forces and their families who live locally…more power to his elbow. If he’s not, then hand it over.
I suppose a lot of the work may be unseen and untrumpeted. Or at least I hope so!
Can anyone find Cllr Griffiths championing the armed forces in Council meetings minutes and Council material other than in Council press releases?
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