Hitler Lost His Way, Poor Dab

I'm still in shock over this interview with Formula One Chief Bernie Ecclestone. Is this some sort of piss take? Is this article a leftover from April 1st?

Amazing if he truly believes these things.

Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One chief, said yesterday that he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and praised Adolf Hitler for his ability to “get things done”.

In an outspoken interview with The Times, the 78-year-old billionaire chastised contemporary politicians for their weakness and extolled the virtues of strong leadership.

Mr Ecclestone said: “In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done.

“In the end he got lost, so he wasn’t a very good dictator because either he had all these things and knew what was going on and insisted, or he just went along with it . . . so either way he wasn’t a dictator.” He also rounded on democracy, claiming that “it hasn’t done a lot of good for many countries — including this one [Britain]”.

Poor old Hitler eh? He was 'taken away' and 'persuaded to do things' and 'got lost'. Nasty Nazis forced him to be leader of a monstrous, murderous regime. Nasty Nazis lost him the war. He was the victim!?

Well, Bernie well done. You've officially overtaken Max Mosely as the most unlikeable and mad man in Formula One.

Oh and by the way democracy may not 'done a lot of good' but it's delivered more than fascist totalitarianism, ask any intelligent German, Spaniard or Italian.