Or the "use governmental structures to settle scores and reward old friends" thing, either. (View Post)

Some interesting stuff there. Kaspar Hauser is one of Werner Herzog's most interesting films. I also hugely recommend the one about a crazed expedition to the amazon, and his most recent one abo… (View Post)

Dr Strangelove is an absolute marvel, I think. Profound, haunting genius. And then 2001 only a couple of years later. (View Post)

I was shocked to see that even Theresa May has emerged as one of the critics of the Policing Bill. I always thought of her as somewhat of an authoritarian, and compared to Cameron, she was. But it se… (View Post)

No, I don't agree with that at all. Many of the current younger membership are on the left, without being on the old machine-politics hard left. The number of 60+ members of that generation is d… (View Post)