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« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2010, 07:10:51 PM »
Quote from: Country Matters on March 04, 2010, 07:00:59 PM

I'd have to disagree about that. Certainly he was one of the most left wing (no matter how the term is defined), but a lot about his politics (and approach to it) came from the Liberalism of his family. Which is one reason why he was such a poor Leader; he lacked a proper understanding of the way the Party worked (and what its voters wanted) and was never able to find a way to overcome that.

Reasons why I like Al no. 95: even which words he chooses to capitalize speak volumes.
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« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2010, 08:44:34 PM »
I mentioned Michael Foot in my AP European History exam yet the bastards still only gave me a 4 Sad
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« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2010, 11:23:58 PM »
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« Reply #28 on: March 05, 2010, 06:38:49 AM »
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« Reply #29 on: March 05, 2010, 08:01:22 AM »
An evil bitch though she may have been, at least she believed in freedom of some sorts.
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« Reply #30 on: March 05, 2010, 03:33:33 PM »
Aw. RIP. I read somewhere last year how he was hoping he'd live to see his team (Plymouth Argyle) play First Division (now "Premier League") - they're one of the teams with the longest league history to have never been there. (Also one of the largest British cities to have never had a first division team.)

One of the last living people to have personally known George Orwell well, too I suppose.
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