"Lions led by donkeys" is a phrase used to imply a capable group of individuals are incompetently led. Coined in classical antiquity, the phrase was commonly...
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Led By Donkeys is a British political campaign group established in December 2018 as an anti-Brexit group, but which has also criticised other actions...
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criticized the film for misquoting the commonly used phrase of "lions led by donkeys", in an article written for The Times on the origin of the title...
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the Wayback Machine Lions Led By Donkeys Thompson, P.A. Lions Led By Donkeys: Showing How Victory In The Great War Was Achieved By Those Who Made the Fewest...
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70's Lions led by donkeys Led By Donkeys, and anti-Brexit campaign group This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Donkeys. If...
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Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs is a non-fiction book by Lewis Page criticising the British Armed Forces for waste and incompetence. Page contends that inter-service...
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Goodbyeee (category Television shows written by Ben Elton)
often depicts the "lions led by donkeys" perception of the War, an element of Blackadder Goes Forth that has been criticised by historians. In his book...
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of the World War. The book's title was drawn from the expression "Lions led by donkeys" which has been widely used to compare British soldiers with their...
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December 2015. "The National Archives - Education - The Great War - Lions led by donkeys? - Gallipoli - Background". Retrieved 5 December 2015. Heuser, Beatrice...
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Blackadder Goes Forth (category Television series by BBC Studios)
presenting an inaccurate view of the war, reinforcing the myth of "lions led by donkeys". Blackadder Goes Forth is set in 1917 on the Western Front in the...
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November 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011. David Green (9 August 2011). "Lions led by donkeys: why the police 'had it coming'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived...
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November, and was succeeded by Sir William Codrington. Historians Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels used the phrase "lions led by donkeys" on 27 September 1855...
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Bourne, J. (2017). "Profiles of Western Front Generals, part of the Lions led by Donkeys Research Project". University of Birmingham. Birmingham: University...
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Yi Sao. Host Greg Jenner is joined by Ria Lina and Prof. Ronald C. Po. In episode 254 of the Lions Led By Donkeys podcast, host Joe Kassabian explores...
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fired for lying, and that frontline workers and civil servants were "lions led by donkeys". Boris Johnson faced criticism, with Cummings saying that there...
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(1998), pp. 155–7 Woodward (1998), pp. 148–9 "Sir David Henderson". Lions Led By Donkeys. Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham. Retrieved...
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freedom". Donkeys, which are considered an invasive species in California, may live up to 25 years in the wild. Heinz, Mark (June 21, 2024). "Donkey Named...
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26 May 2020. Davies 1997, p. 164. "Surnames beginning 'I' - 'M' - Lions led by donkeys - War Studies". University of Birmingham. "No. 27282". The London...
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immigration is yet to broaden the cultural identity of the population. Lions led by donkeys Pat Hanna Alec Campbell, the longest surviving Australian from Gallipoli...
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Trench warfare (category Warfare by type)
public opinion often repeated the theme that their soldiers were "lions led by donkeys". World War I generals are often portrayed as callously persisting...
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Great War). Alan Clark's book The Donkeys (1961) led to the popularisation of the controversial phrase 'lions led by donkeys' which was used to describe British...
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conference when he described the UK miners' strike (1984–85) as "lions led by donkeys". He refused to take the electricians in to the strike on the side...
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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (category Peers created by George V)
the Great War). Alan Clark's book The Donkeys (1961) led to the popularisation of the phrase 'lions led by donkeys' to describe British generalship. A critical...
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Duffy's lifelong interest in the First World War, in 1985 he directed Lions Led By Donkeys for Channel Four. Duffy had an eight-year working relationship with...
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GAZETTE, 3RD JUNE 1972 Donal Maurice Ahern "Surnames beginning 'A' – Lions led by donkeys – War Studies – University of Birmingham". Retrieved 8 September...
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Daily Telegraph, 11 August 2011. https://www.smh-hq.org/docs/HQG/GazetteSP23.pdf [bare URL PDF] BBC History Lions led by Donkeys? by Dr Gary Sheffield...
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fired for lying, and that frontline workers and civil servants were "lions led by donkeys". Boris Johnson faced criticism, Cummings saying that there were...
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Fitzgerald (1860-1949) - Archives Hub". "Surnames beginning 'T' - 'W' - Lions led by donkeys - War Studies". "No. 25691". The London Gazette. 12 April 187. p...
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(1998), p. 403 Langley (2008), pp. 5–75 Mallam (2003), p. 1889 "Lions led by Donkeys". BBC News Special Report. 5 November 1998. Retrieved 7 June 2009...
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9 February 1942. p. 6. John Bourne (ed.). "Surnames 'D' to 'H'". Lions led by donkeys. University of Birmingham. Retrieved 10 June 2016. "No. 26164". The...
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