Alan Titchmarsh Likens The Queen To Nelson Mandela

[Khandro]

I can't think of any two human beings less alike on every count than these, can you?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1611093/dr-shola-mos-shogbamimu-queen-comparison-nelson-mandela-alan-titchmarsh

[naomi24]

Silly man.

[ichkeria]

Each great in their own way rather. They were certainly great admirers of each other.

I guessed that would be a GBN complaint :-)
They haven't I suppose much else to talk about.

Isn't Alan Titchmarsh a gardener turned pulp novelist?
A favourite of the Queen I suppose, so fair enough. I am sure he meant well. If people want to get their nether garments in a tangle then so be it.

[ToraToraTora]

well I don't know what he's been smoking but I cannot imagine HM compared to Mandela. What a plonker.

[ichkeria]

He is being criticised by a black activist.
So two worlds perhaps colliding in unanimity.

[ichkeria]

She was last heard supporting the booing of the national anthem.

So strange befellows perhaps ...

[tiggerblue10]

I agree with Ich. Both great people in their own way but I would never liken them to each other. Worlds apart.

[choux]

ich, he has been on tv before in a series "All the Queen's Horses"
so last night's foray was not ice breaking.
https://sharetv.com/shows/all_the_queens_horses_with_alan_titchmarsh_uk/guides

[Khandro]

Of course this lady is of the opinion that it is Nelson Mandela who is being insulted !

[perseverer]

For the avoidance of doubt, Titchmarsh said they both had charisma and a kind of grace. Dr Moshogaminu said this was an insult to Nelson Mandela, as Khandro has pointed out.

[Khandro]

During what might be called the Nelson Mandela years, I happened to be the secretary of a branch of Amnesty International, & support for him by a small group within the organization was so controversial that it threatened to tear A.I. apart.

[DTCwordfan]

Who the heck is Dr Moshogaminu - some African witch-doctor?

[10ClarionSt]

BA must go to TTT. Had a good laugh at that. :o)

[ToraToraTora]

WhoTF is Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu anyway? some 5C anti British tawt.

[sandyRoe]

She's a British-Nigerian activist , a lawyer, and a political commentator.

[bednobs]

i think:
they are both great leaders
both showed fortitude and courage (one from a gilded cage of course)
both led their countries
both lived to an old age
Anyone getting upset about what some minor celebrity thinks about "stuff" takes these things far too seriously

[naomi24]

I suspect that in the constant quest for inclusivity in this increasingly 'woke' world, he was trying to be seen to be making the right noises. Oops!

[bednobs]

or maybe its what he actually thinks?

[naomi24]

Could be.

[Redhelen72]

I think that is his opinion and that people need to unfurl their undergarments!
Nothing wrong with having an opinion as long as its not illegal!