Hello!

[calvex]

Hi! I know I'm pretty late to this kind of space, and I know that many communities like this have chilled out in recent years, but I'd love to be part of a community where political affiliation is not the end-all-be-all and yet we could all still talk and have fun discussing politicians in ways we'd prefer they couldn't see

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[grondfic]

Hello. I'm afraid this community is moribund, if not outright deceased these days. There's sadly very little 'lol' in politics now

[calvex]

Thanks for responding

[grondfic]

Whoah! You're a proper lolitician! I think you should maybe try for a bit of fic and see how the characters work. I'd love to see what you make of - say - Sunak (rather a man of mystery working in the background IMHO).

Sorry if I came over negative; but a lot of people Jacob Rees Mogg who were - as you say - fascinating eccentrics under the Coalition, are now serious, and rather the worse for it (and for any lolitical interest).

The Hollow Crown series was definitely realpolitik wasn't it? Fabulous cast too!

[turk_diddler]

It's Grant Shapps for me, I find it fascinating that he's Secretary of State for Transport when he looks like he should be trying to sell you a dodgy second-hand car, and then bragging about where he goes on holidays in the pub. Also his background in shifty internet marketting schemes that apparently made him a millionaire, oh and his perma-sneer. His curious progress in life is worthy of Trollope. I'm glued everytime I see him on breakfast telly. What's do you suppose he's like with waiters?

Agree with you on Burnham, although he also captures the slight ineffectiveness of the middle class, middle-aged, white British male, in that he can sort of keep his own patch in good order but anything he tries to say to convince his neighbours to behave gets drowned out by the all noisy, messy, destructive fun they're having. I see him on a campsite being ignored by drunk people keeping everyone awake all night. I really like the man but he shows that one prerequisite for being a good guy these days is that you've got to be fairly ineffective

[moon_child06]

Hello friend!
Ahh the Coalition days, a simpler time wasn't it?

Coincidentally, i used to be a member of this Comm back during the Coalition hey day and I was recently introduced to a very recent Peter Mandelson interview and podcast (thank you Youtube recommendations) and I have fallen back down the rabbit hole of lolitics. As has been said by others better than me, none of my lolitical interests necessarily "match" my RL political ones, but i've missed these characters SO much and watching the debate on Afghanistan made me miss having this comm more active (i found myself thinking, what would a liveblog of this debate look like??)

All that is to say, welcome! I'd love to get back into the fandom (recognizing of course the depressing state of politics these days) but glad to see a recent post!