A UK political anniversary. 40 years ago today we had a new Prime Minister.
Politically inadequate, Jim Hacker’s rise owed much to an exaggerated threat from Europe.
Was this a rare example of history coming first as farce and later as tragedy? I ponder…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hacker-prophecy-how-jims-rise-foretold-modern-politics-david-henig-uykse/
Politically inadequate, Jim Hacker’s rise owed much to an exaggerated threat from Europe.
Was this a rare example of history coming first as farce and later as tragedy? I ponder…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hacker-prophecy-how-jims-rise-foretold-modern-politics-david-henig-uykse/
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Everything outside UK borders was - back then already - regarded as wallpaper.
It is staggering just how current it feels.
Which in some way is tragic: so many of the same questions unresolved.
If you can take it, watch Party Games and then A Diplomatic Incident. Enjoy...
#Eurosausage
https://youtu.be/TpNY2KfF92k
My favourite episode that shamefully hasn't aged is Equal Opportunities.
(I suspect that's why the US version does the Series 3 dog thing at the very start...)
(Forgive me, it's been a while since I read anything on the history of this series, so I can't recall all the details)