David Stirling was heavily involved in trying to undermine the trade union movement in Britain in the 1970s. Mostly funded by James Goldsmith, the original Brexiteer. Without the trade union movement, working people wouldn’t have weekends, paid annual leave, paid sick leave, maternity and paternity leave, and a whole host of other benefits. We’d all live in some Jacob Rees Mogg inspired Dickensian nightmare, where the poor end up in the work house or a debtors prison. I’ll never understand why the British (mainly the English) hero worship men like Stirling (and Churchill for that matter). They accomplished some amazing fetes, but that should not absolve them of their indiscretions.
There wasn't Balance with .the unions in the 70s . In place of strife wasn't allowed to work . Being vetoed ironicly by James callaghan who ten years later had to ..deal with the winter of discontent .
Just found this after trying to watch SAS: Rogue Heroes...David Stirling was clearly NOTHING like the overtly foul-mouthed, vulgar and cretinous egotist in that show.
You say that but that ‘persona’ is probably what kept him going through those times as a defence mechanism. After the war he probably mellowed out. My great Gramp served in Palestine during WW2 and the only thing he said about it was “it turned boys into men”. So, I’d say he probably was exactly how the describe him as in the drama. Just a bit glossed up for TV.
1) Like virtually all factual-based drama shows, there is an 'entertainment/embellishment' requirement. I wouldn't hold that against 'SAS: Rogue Heroes' makers - unless they've really screwed up, and they most definitely haven't here - the majority (and all the crucial elements) of what you see, did happen. The music is mixed-era too, to try to appeal to a larger audience and 'make use of' the obvious nature of these tracks. I personally think the AC/DC, Stranglers etc tracks don't detract from the series, and remember, they do use the correct 'context' music where it matters e.g. the Cairo club/s. 2) This is the most important point for you to understand...the SAS are, as we all know, THE most self-controlled military force in the world, and when they need to be, they...'unleash Hell'. Do you really think the real Stirling & Co, in the video above were not capable of being - and never expressed - "overtly foul-mouthed, vulgar" sentiments? - in the middle of a War? - that is a 'loaded' question, obviously. Do you also truly think they would be "overtly foul-mouthed, vulgar" at this event? - another 'loaded' question. 3) SAS are selected not to stand out from the crowd - you would never be able to pick them out, outside of combat.
