We glory in our literature, but we close our libraries.
We glory in London, but we flog it off to the highest bidder and to the highest builder.
Alan Bennett's work has been going off the boil for some time. But he can still have his moments.
"Exonerated" (His Honour Judge Nathan Adams, Durham Crown Court, 8 May 2025). Two-time political prisoner. Beaten up in prison, so I fear only God. Activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach".
Labour needs to use him.
ReplyDeleteHe;s not partisan, and in nay case he would probably speak his mind a bit too much. He'd be right, but a General Election campaign has to be a General Election campaign.
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