LitBonfire

A paltry thing. Books, films, music, telly, often of bygone ages. Ex-Londoner. No advertisements for myself.

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North by North-West mosaic at Leytonstone Station.

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@ClarkeMicah @tezflynn1942 The power of mass abstention. You mean a British government being landslide winners with the support of 20.15% of the electorate?

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I'm always amazed that #polls are still taken seriously given that whenever the results are tested by a vote, most of them are quite wrong. Still, I suppose they give journalists something to get excited about. #Polling

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New neighbours have just started a VERY noisy #BonfireNight party, featuring (it appears) exhibition-standard #fireworks. It's a bit damp, but it turns out that they are proud owners of a marquee.

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"Governments can always find the money to do what they really want to do and never to do what they really don't want to do" -- Mollard #WinterFuelAllowance

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If only I'd brought to any part of my life the determination squirrels bring to getting at bird feeders I try to stop them getting at.

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@ClarkeMicah Rumpole.

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Quentin Lawrence didn't direct another film until 1962 -- and it was the excellent Cash on Demand, with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell.

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Tonight's viewing. From 1945. Contains a great sequence between Allen and Jack Benny (including "This guy wouldn't give you the parsley off his fish").

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NO stars in Halliwell's!
High Society (Charles Walters, 1956).

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Honestly! My wife did vindaloo pie for dinner last night and England still couldn't get across the line. #ESPENG

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NO stars in Halliwell's!
2 Days in the Valley (John Herzfeld, 1996).

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@ianduhig Sea of Azov looking much better these days.

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NO stars in Halliwell's!
The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982).

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NO stars in Halliwell's!
Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995).

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NO stars in Halliwell's!:
Night and the City (Jules Dassin, 1950).

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"A Labour government? Nothing to do with me, guv. Anyone would think I've been promoting the destruction of the Tories for years on end. Pass the washbasin."

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

The important thing, .@mrsonicadvance would be that Sir Keir Starmer would not be Prime minister. My advice was very simple. Vote against Labour. I had no other aim than the prevention of a Labour govt. Why can’t you grasp this?

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@simonjedge

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@Labour4PR "When a politician loses an election, all the flaws of the voting system rush into sharp focus" -- Mollard
@MakeVotesMatter

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Good job Mr H's beloved FPTP had absolutely nothing to do with iy.

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

So Reform voters did in fact put in a hardline Labour government with a huge majority.

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"Cicero! We've destroyed Carthage!"
"You fools! I've changed my mind."

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

.@davidblueback. I think it is a great pity that this country now faces 20 years of hardline, ultra-PC, ultra-Green, Blairite government. At least I can say that I did all I could to warn against this and to urge people not to make it happen. Goodnight adults, everywhere.

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@ClarkeMicah "When an evil is removed, good does not automatically rush in to fill the void" -- Mollard