Hitler was a Beatle

We're not quite sure why Brian Reade's got himself into such a state of excitement over claims that Hitler got as much fanmail as The Beatles. It's hardly a surprise, is it? "Hitler was popular" isn't going to make anyone hold the front page. Except Reade, perhaps:

Which makes you wonder how different we might have viewed him if he'd had a decent publicity agent who marketed Hitler wig-and-moustache sets, released a film called HEIL! and told a press conference he didn't mean any harm when he said he was more popular than Jesus Christ.

We're not quite sure if Reade really means to imply that Beatlemania and Nazism are directly comparable, but for a bit of PR spin. We know we're not fond of Lennon, but that seems a bit rich...