I'm here from Andrew Roberts' Churchill, page 130. Reads very well

@MB-wv6sg

4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Friedel Me too.

@papabeepbeep2727

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@kathyt9837

4 жыл бұрын

I’m laughing because I’m reading Robert’s Churchill bio too!

@MB-wv6sg

4 жыл бұрын

@@kathyt9837 I think it's the best biography of Churchill Kathy. He was a man of many faults but a remarkable one. And a great one imo. We have to remember that he was a man of his time and upbringing and some of his opinions that we find distasteful were the generally held ones at the time. People love to try and destroy a reputation though. Enjoy the book.

@chrish2359

4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Friedel Same, he gave us a footnote to this recording

What a treat to hear his voice. Thank you very much.

The audio quality is quite good from 113 years ago.

@stuartellis2006

2 жыл бұрын

unlike my mother in law 😃👍

@gatitoboladenieve2436

Жыл бұрын

Still better quality than my microphone

Good job! Quite clear. Politicians knew how to discuss issues in simple terms back then.

@lw3646

4 жыл бұрын

Yes plain but never patronising, a very good communicator.

Thank you for uploading. Currently, I'm reading Andrew Robert's book on Churchill "Walking With Destiny" and just read the section regarding this recording. Thinking someone uploaded a copy of it. Here I am. Again, thank you so much.

@spacestation52

5 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@papabeepbeep2727

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@DressyCrooner

4 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@CB-qe4uv

3 жыл бұрын

Same here!

Listen carefully to the contents of this speech where Churchill points out his budget leaves the working and middle-class’s wealth and taxation unchanged and chooses instead to increase the tax burden on the wealthiest class of British citizens, which, as he rightly points out at that time, “in numbers and in wealth is much greater than in any equal community, if not indeed in any other modern state in the whole world.” Churchill reasons that making the wealthiest citizens should make the biggest tax contributions because “that class (the wealthiest British citizens) which enjoys more than any other opportunities for pleasure has more to gain than anyone else from dwelling amid a healthy and contented people and in a safely guarded land.” On a day when the fate of American democracy seems to be in the balance as people vote in today’s midterms it has now been over forty years, since the time of Reagan and Thatcher, that anyone has seriously proposed drastically increasing the tax burden on the wealthiest Americans. Following Churchill’s logic above it seems clear there has been no class of people in world history since the last tyrannical kings and authoritarian monarchs in the 18th century Europe that so small a group of people as are the wealthiest 1% of Americans and their corporations, in a country the wealth of which has NEVER been exceeded in history. It is this 1% that has the greatest leisure, pleasure, and opportunity to gain from living and doing business in America, and the wealthiest 1% benefits the MOST from living among a healthy, prosperous and contented people. Yet neither of the two American political parties seriously challenges the assumption that the rich deserve to keep all of their wealth for generations, and the Republicans in fact want to extend more tax cuts to the rich and cut benefits to everyone else. The point is, listen to Churchill and hear that even a CONSERVATIVE like Churchill realized the sense and justice of taxing those who have benefited and profited most from living and doing business in a great nation like Great Britain (or, today, the USA). Why in the 21st century can we not see the absolute necessity of doing so now? Failure to do so will inevitably lead to the violent destruction of these formerly great nations, for it is a strong and wealthy people that keeps a nation great … not a selfish super rich oligarchy at the very top.

Great man of his time. Made mistakes, but which politician doesn't make mistakes - and making war is not easy. Having to drag your country up through the sheer force of your personality and the words you speak is something that marks him out as great - and Britain was alone at the time of worst peril when he first became prime minister, with its army trapped in France. His achievement was an incredible feat of political leadership to overcome those that wanted to give in and at the same time inspiring the nation to believe they could beat the evil of those that wanted to make war.

@ryansodhi1815

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he was used only for ww2 and as soon as it ended he was taken out

@shadetreader

Жыл бұрын

Ask the people of India how "great" he was.

@robertclive491

11 ай бұрын

@@shadetreader Good thing he was an Englishman and not an Indian!

@olof1382

10 ай бұрын

it was not trapped in france

@piplee1439

5 ай бұрын

A war criminal par excellence

I know Herbert Asquith made a recording around this time to. I would love to know more about why they were made, there wasn't a BBC back then and radio didn't really take off until the 1920s.

@TheSealOfTheRose

4 жыл бұрын

Presumably to play on the gamma phone

@HypervoxelRBX

3 жыл бұрын

They were made to defend the people’s budget and also it was a new method of information reaching people

"I am glad to have an opportunity...of addressing so many thousands of people whom I cannot meet face to face."

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There is no transcript of this speech online.

He is advocating the very controversial People's Budget sponsored also by David Lloyd George and Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (great grandfather of Helena Bonham Carter). The budget passed the House of Commons, but the House of Lords blocked it for a year. The House of Lords' opposition to measures like this led to the weakening of its powers a few years later. See Roy Jenkins book, Mr. Balfour's Poodle. (Balfour was leader of the Conservative Party.)

Taxing the value of land instead of taxing production and exchange. That is the quintessential liberal position that Churchilll championed here.

@Buttlands

3 ай бұрын

Pure theft. It means that the land isn't fully yours!!!!!

Incidentally in the film 'Young Winston', in a speech to Parliament he urges reduced spending on the army which is surprising to me, given his military background.

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

He was responsible for disarming Britain after World War I.

Churchill referred throughout his life glowingly to the "cottage home", reflecting his appealing, romantic view of england but also perhaps the fact that he may never have stepped inside one.

@brildidge9523

Жыл бұрын

Quite possibly. He certainly wouldn't have known what it was like to live in one - in poverty !

Those who make unfounded remarks on any leader, obviously dont know the huge responsibility of such a position. Outsiders can make any negative comments, ignorant of the uncertainties of war and oeace.

@shadetreader

Жыл бұрын

Calling him a genocidal racist isn't unfounded.

@frederickanderson1860

Жыл бұрын

@@shadetreader nonsense never question the past because its all undiscovered country full of contradictions and every generation always judge each other. What you call the generation gap. Just like parents with their offspring.

Always a modern victorian

Sounds like an old CofE vicar giving a sermon.

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Even back then, an eloquent speaker. Ironic because he later became a Conservative.

@craigoren4475

6 күн бұрын

And indeed he had started as a Conservative following in the footsteps of his father. He changed parties again in the 1920s when the Liberal Party collapsed.

Joseph Chamberlain bouta FREAK

31 years before The Darkest Hour.

What is the context for this? When was it made?

@cheesemanthe2nd

2 жыл бұрын

1909, like it says in the title

@thisnicklldo

2 жыл бұрын

At this time he is an important minister, President of the Board of Trade, in the Liberal government led by Asquith - this gives him a seat in cabinet and a legitimate voice on economic issues. He is young for his seniority, and has hitched his political wagon to one of the leading lights of the Liberal Party, Lloyd George (later to succeed Asquith as Prime Minister during the First World War) who is Chancellor of the Exchequer (= Finance Minister) and a genuinely big beast in their jungle. The budget of 1909 is one of the most important budgets of British history - it was devised by Lloyd George, and as his henchman Churchill campaigned as vigorously as he could in support of it - this is part of that campaign. The budget was important partly because it involved some redistribution of wealth, partly because it firmly rejected the Conservative swing towards protective tariffs initiated by Joseph Chamberlain. But critically, it was vehemently opposed by the House of Lords (largely Conservative in make-up) - it led to a historic confrontation between the House of Commons and the House of Lords which culminated in a permanent reduction in the power of the Upper House to prevent or delay legislation coming from the lower House. It took another 12 months+, and a general election, for this to work itself out, but popular support for the 1909 budget was essential for this to happen.

He looks like me PAST LIVE?

@theodorefweitzenbaumsr.4061

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe in a few decades, you'll start looking like an older Churchill.

@cooldudecs

3 жыл бұрын

@@theodorefweitzenbaumsr.4061 lol

Was he already genocidal towards the people of South Asia by this date? 🤔

The greatest of criminals

Nice to hear some Georgist principles displayed.

Great reproduction. It's him alright !

he sounds like old churchile had took a big gulp of helium

Old Winston was only 45 here....

@Liamtweedie

7 жыл бұрын

No he was 35 in 1909, he was born in 1874

@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1

6 жыл бұрын

Liam Tweedie- Correct: My mistake.

@markharrison2544

6 жыл бұрын

He was 34.

@bruceghent8776

6 жыл бұрын

He was only 35!! Born in 1874. 26 in 1900, so add 9 years and you have 35.

@MarlboroughBlenheim1

5 жыл бұрын

Centrist Philosopher he was not. He was 37.

This was when Churchill was a huge advocate of eugenics, including the forced sterilisation of the mentally handicapped.

@frederickgolding1913

6 жыл бұрын

Evidence...??

@williamfrancis5367

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think he ever stopped believing those ideas. In any case eugenics was all the rage back then. Keynes, Beveridge, Chamberlain (Neville) , Kellogg ( the cornflakes creator), were all eugenicists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton_Institute

@antoniamontana9671

2 жыл бұрын

That's the spirit! If only we could extend such generous apologia to all the demonized tyrants and mass murderers!

@Kynareth6

2 жыл бұрын

Even if that's true, good. I am of that opinion too.

His voice certainly went to shit. His most famous speech is nearly impossible to listen to as a non-native English speaker.

@sh3tpostsgamertime204

Жыл бұрын

U cant understand an 80 year old english man brought up 150 years ago,shock

@Inbraneinthememsane

Жыл бұрын

Only if you are stupid

@robertclive491

11 ай бұрын

How fortunate that that speech was not made for your benefit!