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Labour’s failure reflects our lack of imagination and bottle to demand something new
The nauseating PR seems so ridiculously quaint now; those genius adults were back in charge. How quiet it would be after a decade plus of Tory dysfunction and incompetence. That this Labour government, with the drabbest weathervane leader imaginable, would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Campbell, Bernard Manning, Blairism, Boomers, Brexit, Centrist dads, Corbyn, Crypto, Donald Trump, Fred West, Gary Stevenson, Jimmy Saville, Labour, Mad Men, Nimbys, Racist gammon, Reform, Rory Stewart, Scottish Independence, Thatcherite, Westminster
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Sons Of Anarchy is perfect background TV
Let me state right away that Sons Of Anarchy isn’t terrible, just flawed. Partly it’s a victim of heightened expectations, which explain why I tried it to begin with. I saw it regularly mentioned alongside the gold standard of television … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Basil Exposition, Better Call Saul, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and Danny Dyer in the same paragraph!, Breaking Bad, California, Covid, Danny Dyer, FBI, Gus Fring, IRA, Katey Sagal, Mad Men, Married With Children, MC, Michael K Williams, Mommie Dearest, Netflix, Omar Little, Roger Sterling, Ron Pearlman, Shakespearian delivery, Shampoo, Sons Of Anarchy, Stockholm Syndrome, The Sopranos, The Wire, TV, Warren Beaty
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Mad Men is reaching its end, but what sets it apart is that it never will.
The only downside to a great TV show is that it has to end. As the end of Mad Men nears it brings the sobering realisation that we’ll no longer be able to observe the complexities that constitute Don Draper, … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Betty Draper, Betty Francis, Breaking Bad, Dick Whitman, Don Draper, Game Of Thrones, Joan Harris, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Peggy Olsen, Roger Sterling, This is the end, TV, Walter White
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Yes, believe the hype. True Detective warrants it.
HBO earned its reputation as the best TV production company going during the last decade with dramas such as ‘The Sopranos’, ‘The Wire’ and the comedy ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’. Maintaining that standard of programming was always going to be tricky … Continue reading
Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard 
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