UK government is attempting to change the name of Bobby Sands Street

digme

The full text reads: To: His Excellency Hojjatoleslam Sayed Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran
BOBBY SANDS STREET, Teheran, Iran.
THE name Bobby Sands is known throughout the world, symbolising the heroism of an Irish prisoner and his comrades who died on hunger strike in their unequal fight against their British jailors. Over the course of the past two years British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been lobbying Iran’s Foreign Minister to change the name of Bobby Sands Street, where the British Embassy is situated, in the capital Teheran. (It was formerly known as Winston Churchill Street.)



Bobby Sands was an Irish patriot and martyr and an elected representative of the Irish People.
The British government has no right to be in Ireland, just as it has no right to be interfering in the affairs of any other nation.
We appeal to the Iranian government and its people not to bow to requests from the British government to rename Bobby Sands Street.



Have these tossers anything better to be doing?
How about they take down the statue of Oliver Cromwell in London?

leeroybrown

Im not getting into a long argument about the rights and wrongs it but I think they actually have a point. The street name was deliberately changed from Winston Churchill Boulevard in honour of Bobby Sands as a diplomatic embarrassment to the UK. If the shoe were on the other foot quite a few Irish people would be getting very bothered about it.

Dozen Wicked Words

Jack Straw hasn't been foreign secretary in UK government since 2006, old story?

Edit:

Yep, 6 year old story. Probably from here

Di0genes

digme wrote: »

The full text reads: To: His Excellency Hojjatoleslam Sayed Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran
BOBBY SANDS STREET, Teheran, Iran.
THE name Bobby Sands is known throughout the world, symbolising the heroism of an Irish prisoner and his comrades who died on hunger strike in their unequal fight against their British jailors. Over the course of the past two years British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been lobbying Iran’s Foreign Minister to change the name of Bobby Sands Street, where the British Embassy is situated, in the capital Teheran. (It was formerly known as Winston Churchill Street.)
Have these tossers anything better to be doing?
How about they take down the statue of Oliver Cromwell in London?

Well seeing as Jack Straw stood down as foreign secretary in 2006, I think a better question is this? Don't you have anything better to do than repeat half a decade old nonsense?

johngalway

So the Iranians do have a sense of humour

mike65

(800 years) old news is no news.

KeithAFC

They should keep it. Bobby sands and Iran go well together.

Rabble Rabble

mike65 wrote: »

(800 years) old news is no news.

Is Bobby Sands 800 years old?

johngalway

mike65 wrote: »

(800 years) old news is no news.

I'm off to thank Terrys post

mike65

:pac:

sceptre

This story/appeal is years old. Seriously, please check the dates on things.

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