It does crucially make a difference if you even make a public virtue of telling the truth. Johnson and Trump have made a public virtue of lying. We're the ironic, the non-naive, we understand ho… (View Post)

Blair's stance on Iraq I think was almost from a Nixonian, dissembling era by comparison. As you say the Trump model is to tough it out and not to care - but also, crucially, to appeal your audi… (View Post)

I think as long as Cummings was on board, they were unlikely to. Note that all the most significant tranches of leaked information have stopped in December 2020, so far. (View Post)

Interestingly even Peter Ustinov is another one who slightly de-poshed his accent in his last decade. Very mellifluously posh tones throughout the 70s and 80s, but not in the early 2000's. (View Post)

An extraordinary life. His voice in Quo Vadis is one of the richest-sounding English voices you'll ever hear, including a few songs he spontaneously composed himself on the set. (View Post)