In a way it also symbolised a better broadcasting era. A lot of those films straddled a wide range between genuinely arthouse and not, regardless of the soft-porn element quite frequently too. Meanwh… (View Post)

The advantage of Mary Whitehouse was that she kept broadcasters aware of excessive violence, whish is unfortunately now all too trendy, very rarely challenged, and an easy route to ratings. The disad… (View Post)

I see that Kulangeta is the Innuit word for Narcissist-Psychopath. He likes his wide frames of reference , does our Dominic. (View Post)

Michael Fabricant, with his so obviously ridiculous blonde wig and so often wilfully provocative and ridiculous opinions, strongly resembles a Harry Enfield character from the 1990's, such as th… (View Post)

My view would be Yes and No on that. There are specific issues with identity politics developing that do need attention particularly by the left, such as this useful article in the guardian today : h… (View Post)