Churchill would have been proud !

15th November 2011

Churchill would have been proud ! Moment battling Bletchley Park baroness, 
89, gave two-finger salute to fellow peer who said WW2 veterans like her 
looked 'pretty old'

    * Baroness Trumpington was hitting back at comments about her age
    * Video of gesture becomes internet hit

By Kirsty Walker

She proved a match for Nazi Germany when she broke Hitler's codes at 
Bletchley Park, so Lord King of Bridgwater should have known better than 
to comment on the advancing years of Baroness Trumpington of Sandwich.

The formidable 89-year-old Conservative life peer was unimpressed when her 
relatively junior colleague gestured towards her to illustrate his point 
about the extreme age of World War II veterans.

Lady Trumpington hit back against his patronising reference with a 
distinctly unparliamentary gesture of her own - commonly known as the 
two-finger salute and reminiscent of Winston Churchill's famed V for 
Victory' sign.

The extraordinary scene unfolded while Lord King was making a speech about 
the passing of the wartime generation during the Remembrance Day debate in 
the Lords on Thursday.

Lady Trumpington appeared to be minding her own business peering down at 
some papers over her spectacles as the former Defence Secretary paid 
tribute to veterans of the first World War who had "gradually faded away".

Then turning towards Lady Trumpington, Lord King, 78, raised his arm 
towards her and continued : "And then the survivors of World War II 
started to look pretty old as well. As my noble friend, the Baroness, 
reminds me."

At this point, Lady Trumpington glared at him with disdain, raised two 
fingers at him to signal "up yours", and then went back to studying her 
notes...../snip/


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2061490/Baroness-Trumpington-89-gives-finger-salute-peer-Lord-King.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/14/article-2061490-0ECC987600000578-649_634x398.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lZv6WlH5kJk