Battle of Britain - 10 July 1940

Battle of Britain 10 July - 31 October 1940
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The name derives from a speech made on 18 June, 1940 in the House of Commons by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He said, "The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin..

Devine and McGuinness argue again.

'Louder than life' Frank Devine dies

Vivian Bullwinkel died 3 July 2000

Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre, was born on 18 December 1915 at Kapunda, South Australia. Place of death: Perth, WA
Vivian Bullwinkel-Statham AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island (Indonesia) on 16 February 1942.

ALP spin then and now

Robert Menzies according to ALP spin "Pig Iron Bob"
Robert Menzies according to ALP spin Brisbane Line
John Howard according to ALP spin Children Overboard Affair
Now Rudd/Swan according to ALP spin

Used car salesman supports Rudd

MTAA chief backs govt's car dealer story
How convenient.

PM’s office censor shut up message held

PM’s office censor shut up message held

A few days before the declaration of war, but when it was imminent, the Postal Department held up a cablegram, in cipher, from the Imperial German Government to the chief officer in German New Guinea. Should the message be transmitted? Had the Commonwealth Government a right to stop a communication from a power, with which Great Britain was not at war, to its agent? But the transmission of the message might, in the existing circumstances, be embarrassing to the British Government. It might contain directions affecting the movement of German ships of war, or orders concerning the defence of New Guinea or Samoa. The Minister for Defence conferred with the Governor- General and the Attorney-General, and it was determined to send a cablegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, stating the facts, and to close the direct cable line from all other communications till a reply was received. This was immediately done, and within a few hours the reply came, consisting of one word: " Hold." The message was held.

Later:

One day I was rung up by the Prime Minister’s office and asked to call there. His secretary put in my hands a letter which Graebner had been fool enough to post to a friend in Germany. and whlch had been opened by the censor. I read only the first page, and handed it back disgusted; for it was a tissue of lies about his treatment here and about Australia generally. I said, “Shut him up,” and they did, as doubtless they would have done without a word from me. The worst of it was that poor Pringsheim had to share his fate.

Murdoch changes sides?

As the Whitlam government began to lose public support following its re-election in 1974, Murdoch turned against Whitlam and supported the Governor-General's dismissal of the Prime Minister.

Rupert Murdoch has endorsed Labor leader Kevin Rudd, saying he would make a good Australian prime minister.

Now Murdoch press reports Car Grant.

Kev Car Grant

Kevin Rudd to launch investigation into OzCar affair
ETS now Kev Car Grant, True believers accept, sceptics not allowed to question.
Who judges who?

crotch soreness cyclists' genitals ouch

Doctor warns of possible damage to cyclists' genitals
A lot of people think crotch soreness is part of the sport - it really shouldn't be.