“…In a situation like this, you’re going to need two heroes…”
I’m slightly deranged, yes - but I see similarities between the final scenes of stylish 1997 film L.A. Confidential and what is happening in UK politics right now.
A high-ranking policeman gets it in the back (his own fault of course); greed, corruption and (political) slaughter are rife - and now a spectacle, a circus, a media event must occur to distract the populace from the grisly and crooked events that led up to it.
Enter stage nu-left Peter Mandelson. Behind him, David Blunkett.
Our very own Bud White and Edmund Exley. Except we didn’t need two anti-heroes…
Mandelson’s Return Is Politics For The Institutionalised
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Sir Ian Blair Teaches Amy Winehouse To Dry Out
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October 5th, 2008 at 11:30 am
There’s a hole in my Blunket, dear Lisa, dear Lisa…
October 5th, 2008 at 9:11 am
As already said we don’t need two anti heroes, after all we don’t have two heroes to balance out, do we?
Mirrors and smokescreens then