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Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
True. But a representation of the "boffin" at about the time the term was coined. (View Post)1 -
Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Boffins... (View Post)1 -
Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
I've posted a 1940s image of Boffins elsewhere in the thread (from The Small Back Room) which is precisely as you describe. Post-war I imagine much the same image, but Richard Wattis is behind them l… (View Post)1 -
Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
I disagree with that. If the only issue were "housing" then (given that immigration is "popular" on every practical measure) then the issue at the top of everyone's list would be … (View Post)1 -
Re: Hoist with his own petard – politicalbetting.com
Oh, absolutely - that's exactly my point. It is *only* unpopular in the racism sense, not the practical sense. (View Post)1