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Richey Edwards

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This could genuinely be the moment where there's been been a fundamental change in the future of the nation.  New PM, new monarch, new mindset.  Status quo gone, the closest thing to consistency being NS and the buttery vs rowie debate.

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10 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said:

This could genuinely be the moment where there's been been a fundamental change in the future of the nation.  New PM, new monarch, new mindset.  Status quo gone, the closest thing to consistency being NS and the buttery vs rowie debate.

But instead it’ll be used to push the idea of “continuity” and conservatism.

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It's a particularly cruel form of institution that has someone who is 96 still pottering along thinking they have to do their "duty"

The death of Gorbachev had me re-reading about Andropov and Chernenko, both of whom were dying when they became Soviet premier. Andropov had to read papers hooked up to a dialysis machine in hospital and the dying Chernenko was dragged out of bed and forced to take part in a vote. That was shown on Soviet TV and appalled the people. Seeing ERII swearing in Liz Truss just reminded me of that.

 

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