Thursday, September 05, 2019
Political Mayhem Thursday: Actual Mayhem in the UK!
If you haven't been watching the UK's Parliament the last few days, you have been missing the best show in town. Things are going kablooie over there! Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister has gone full-on Trump, and it isn't working. He lost his control of the government when members of his Conservative party defected on a Brexit vote (and one crossed over, literally, to a minor part). Then he lost a fight on a snap election and... well, his plan isn't working very well.
But the theater of it! Go to about one hour in in the video about (1.00.00) to get to the fun stuff. The yelling! The creative insults! The accents! The Speaker's turn of a phrase! The kooky Scots!
It's pretty remarkable to see that someone else's government can get as messed up as ours. Though... maybe it isn't messed up. After all, what are we really seeing?
-- the bullying tactics aren't working
-- principled members of the leader's party chose principle, and opposed a bad idea
-- there is a genuine exchange of ideas in real time
Y'all can go to the Downton Abbey movie... I'm going to stick to watching this!
Comments:
Yeah, it's funny: The Brits' theatrics and yelling at each other have always kind of frightened me, as someone who recoils at the hint of real-time conflict. But this time, I really appreciate if for the reasons you've stated, Mark: watching them defect on the spot to another party makes me wish dearly that our leaders were put in the same situation. I wonder what Mitch McConnell would do if he were dropped into that chamber! I think Nancy Pelosi could handle herself . . .
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I have my ticket to the Downton Abbey movie. We get a sneak peak next Thursday. Maybe because our sister city is Durham England? In the mean time watching Parliament is jolly good fun.
Yeah, it's funny: The Brits' theatrics and yelling at each other have always kind of frightened me, as someone who recoils at the hint of real-time conflict. But this time, I really appreciate if for the reasons you've stated, Mark: watching them defect on the spot to another party makes me wish dearly that our leaders were put in the same situation. I wonder what Mitch McConnell would do if he were dropped into that chamber! I think Nancy Pelosi could handle herself . . .
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I guess loving to watch this and loving Downton Abbey are not mutually exclusive! And Amy, I think Moscow Mitch is too fragile for this kind of intellectual battle.
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