Did you want me to lie?

"Whatever happened to David Miliband?

Well, obviously what happened was that he lost the 2010 Labour leadership election to his kid brother, resigned his seat in the House of Commons, and fled to Tracy Island, where he runs International Rescue."

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There's always the risk of Labour & other parties declining to indulge the stunt, with Jenrick ending up looking like David Davis in 2008.

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"There’s a permanent sense of crisis, as each moment is rapidly replaced by another, leaving little trace. The stories we tell ourselves as a society no longer have the element of continuity week on week..."

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Lovely to see Taggart make an appearance.

At the risk of appearing to miss the film's point, I do love the patriotic hymns.

In all honesty, I could watch Sharif & O'Toole watch paint dry together for 150 minutes and still be captivated.

I'll add this to my list. (Having re-watched LAWRENCE OF ARABIA at New Year, I'm once again in an O'Toole phase.)

I imagine you've seen THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS?

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I keep thinking of: "Hugh was born and brought up in a working-class home that his parents had specially built in the grounds of their Gloucesterahire estate".

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