Hmm... 12 'Key' Britons

[AlfredJPruffock]

Incredible that Tony Blair didnt get a mention.

[freakydancer]

What about

Noel Gallagher.

12 key Britons.

Shaun Ryder - ruined Factory Records
Bez - assisted Shaun Ryder with ruin of Factory Records
Ian Brown - Invented the King Monkey dance
Ben Dover - Legend
Jimmy Page - sold his soul to satan in exchange for the guitar
Michelle Marsh - Couple of things spring to mind
Kate Moss - Made class A fashionable again
Gazza - English diplomat to the Italy
Timmy Mallet - Wackaday. Untouchable
Ricky Gervais - Proves we're funnier than yanks
Lionel Blair - Legend
Colin, the road sweeper in the town I live in - Always pissed, and abuses passers by.

[Troll]

...ah Robert Clive... his famous victory was actually due to paying off some Indian prince so nobody turned up to the battlefield, well hardly anyone, I suppose they hacked down a few "coolies" for the PR.

Schools in England are to be sent extra guidelines on how to teach about the legacy of the British Empire in India.
The guidelines are being sent out as the 60th anniversary of Indian independence is celebrated next year.

The guidance aims to help schools explore the impact of British rule and key features of the cultural and religious history of the subcontinent.

It will offer teachers suggestions about how they can cover the key background to the struggle for independence and examine why India was such an important part of the British Empire.
Teachers will also be advised on how the legacy of partition - with the formation of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan - still influences the Indian subcontinent today.

'Foster understanding'
QCA chief executive Ken Boston said: "Today's society is a global one that is ever changing. Never has it been so important to work with other countries around the world, particularly for business opportunities."

Given the mix of nationalities in England, it was important to foster understanding through learning.

"In history children need to learn about British history, but also need to improve their knowledge of the events that shaped the world we live in.

Traditionalist history teachers complained that the general tone of the guidance was anti-British.

Wicked Brits indeed

[BlasterBates]

...ah Robert Clive... his famous victory was actually due to paying off some Indian prince so nobody turned up to the battlefield, well hardly anyone, I suppose they hacked down a few "coolies" for the PR.

[threaded]

Tony Blair - our greatest ever political pop star.

Wouldn't that be Pitt the younger?

[AlfredJPruffock]

Tony Blair - our greatest ever political pop star.

[DimPrawn]

Tony Blair surely. Worlds greatest leader and peace maker?

[Mailman]

What about Katie Price?

Mailman

[el duder]

What about

Noel Gallagher.

[Buffoon]

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
The Royal Society

Of all of Isaac Newton’s many splendid achievements that make him a true Great Britton, the Royal Society doesn’t spring to mind straight away. True, he was president for a while, but why put him on the list for that? For services to Great Britain surely his time as master of the mint would be better reason. He put real value into our currency, not like some that spring to mind today.

[sasguru]

Interesting how the Army gets a mention and not the more important Navy ...

[wendigo100]

I wouldn't argue with that list.

[Troll]

Saint Columba (521-597)
Christianity in Britain
Alfred the Great (849-899)
The Kingdom of England
Henry II (1133-1189)
The common law
Simon de Montfort (1208-1265)
Parliament
James IV of Scotland (1443-1517)
The Kingdom of Scotland
Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)
The stock market
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
The British Army
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
The Royal Society
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
The British Empire
Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850)
The police
Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)
Universal suffrage
Nye Bevan (1897-1960)
The National Health Service

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6210159.stm

The socialist founder of the NHS and a sixth-century saint are among a dozen people who the Conservatives say have "shaped British history"

Millicent Fawcett
Nye Bevan