If you cast your memory back to last year and the spate of terrorist actions that took place in London and specifically the one where the terrorist who drove along the pavement of Westminster Bridge ending up stopped just alongside Parliament. He then ran into the entrance of Parliament where he then stabbed a policeman on duty there. Thankfully he was shot and killed.
Enter our hero, one Tobias Ellwood MP. He attempted to stabilise the bleeding that the policeman was obviously suffering from. But as the wounds were too much, he unfortunately could not be saved. From then on and for quite some time, Tobias Ellwood MP was said to be 'A HERO' The British press and TV News went into overdrive as they do, over this and indulged in calling a 'HERO'. I don't know about you but this word 'Hero' is now being used ad nauseum and EVERYONE has become a 'Hero' even when they plainly have not been a hero at all. When I think of the REAL HERO's there have been, this hijacking of this term for every man, woman and their dogs, who have only done what anyone would do, it is a downgrading/diminishing of real hero's actions.
The truth of the matter is that Tobias Ellwood MP was absolutely no hero. He just happened to be on the spot when this happened and he only did what any self respecting human being would have done to help a fellow human being. He did not have to carry out any heroic action to go to the aid of this policeman. Like attacking the terrorist and disarming him. Had he done that, then yes he would deserve to be labelled a HERO.
I mention this because Tobias Ellwood MP being the type of self serving man he is, this calling him a hero, has been manna from heaven and has played into his obvious desires to go further up that greasy pole, for now not only does he know everything there is to know about all matters military, he now knows all that.... as a HERO. Pass me a sickbag.
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