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Monthly Archives: December 2018

2018 Politician of the Year (living)

Politics

2018 Politician of the Year (living)

Posted on 30 December 2018 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading →

Ashdown in the lead

History / Politics

Ashdown in the lead

Posted on 27 December 2018 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

The late Paddy Ashdown’s election as Lib Dem leader in 1988 appears routine, but PAUL SAFFER points out the significance of the contest. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: John Silence

Culture

Imperial fiction: John Silence

Posted on 1 December 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER has an appointment with Algernon Blackwood’s psychic doctor to discuss a case of reefer madness. Continue reading →

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The trends

A good night for Corbyn
Boris Johnson: An obituary
Time takes a cigarette
Final Cut: Children of Men (2006)
Remembering Chirgwin
'Disreputable men'
Hold your hands out, naughty boys
Final Cut: Everybody Loves Sunshine (1999)
Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary
First lines: 1970s - part 1

The tags

All in It Together BBC Boris Johnson Brexit calling all cliches Chris Mullin Chuka Umunna Clement Attlee Conservative Party Daily Express David Cameron David Lloyd George David Miliband Denis Healey Diane Abbott Donald Trump Ed Miliband Edward Heath Enoch Powell Ernest Bevin European Union First World War George Galloway George Osborne Gordon Brown Harold Macmillan Harold Wilson Iain Duncan Smith imperial fiction Jack Straw James Callaghan Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Thorpe John Buchan John Major John McDonnell John Smith Keir Starmer Ken Livingstone Kenneth Clarke Labour Party Liberal Democrats Maastricht Treaty Margaret Thatcher Michael Foot Michael Gove Michael Howard Michael Portillo music hall Neil Kinnock Nick Clegg Nigel Farage Olympic Games Owen Jones Peter Mandelson Pick of the pops politician of the year Proud to be British Rear-view review referendum Revive 45 Robin Day Roy Jenkins Sherlock Holmes SNP The Four Feathers Theresa May Tim Farron Tom Watson Tony Benn Tony Blair UKIP William Hague Winston Churchill Yvette Cooper

The Twitter

The Latest

Final Cut: Everybody Loves Sunshine (1999)
Time takes a cigarette
Calling all cliches: Lurching to the Right
Final Cut: Now Barabbas Was a Robber (1949)
The censoring of Sexton Blake
Final Cut: Children of Men (2006)
Privatising the NHS
Diane Abbott: a tribute in tweets
Final Cut: The Tunnel (1935)
Calling all (historical) cliches: Winters of Discontent

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