http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/ronnie-biggs-englands-own-ned-kelly/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:04:22 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/ronnie-biggs-englands-own-ned-kelly/#comment-30385 Robert Wingrove Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:53:18 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/ronnie-biggs-englands-own-ned-kelly/#comment-30385 Rubbish. Biggs is one of a series of "naughty villains" what 'ave always been cherished by the gormless celebrity set from London Town along with the likes of the Krays, "Mad Frankie" Fraser, Charlie Richardson and all the other "diamond geezers." Trying to tie down a person's views on authority or politics on the basis of whether or not they think poor ole Ronnie is getting a raw deal is simplistic nonsense. Rubbish.
Biggs is one of a series of “naughty villains” what ‘ave always been cherished by the gormless celebrity set from London Town along with the likes of the Krays, “Mad Frankie” Fraser, Charlie Richardson and all the other “diamond geezers.”
Trying to tie down a person’s views on authority or politics on the basis of whether or not they think poor ole Ronnie is getting a raw deal is simplistic nonsense.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/ronnie-biggs-englands-own-ned-kelly/#comment-30320 stephen martin Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:04:11 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/03/ronnie-biggs-englands-own-ned-kelly/#comment-30320 "But he is pretty obviously being punished for other things as well:" What is the evidence for this assertion? You appear to be begging the question. Biggs through his escape has served,what? less than ten years of his 30 year sentence. He will probably get better medical treatment in the prison hospital than he would outside in any case. He is in a very precarious state healthwise and it is easy to feel sorry for him, but spare a little more than a passing thought for the train driver who was so severely beaten that he never recovered, and died some years later. It is easy to make a comparison with Ned Kelly but the circumstances were entirely different. Kelly suffered from persecution from the local authorities, and took to crime. A bit of a Robin Hood maybe. But Biggs was just a greedy criminal with a gang of like minded villains. “But he is pretty obviously being punished for other things as well:”
What is the evidence for this assertion? You appear to be begging the question.
Biggs through his escape has served,what? less than ten years of his 30 year sentence. He will probably get better medical treatment in the prison hospital than he would outside in any case.
He is in a very precarious state healthwise and it is easy to feel sorry for him, but spare a little more than a passing thought for the train driver who was so severely beaten that he never recovered, and died some years later.
It is easy to make a comparison with Ned Kelly but the circumstances were entirely different. Kelly suffered from persecution from the local authorities, and took to crime.
A bit of a Robin Hood maybe. But Biggs was just a greedy criminal with a gang of like minded villains.

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