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muriel_volestrangler

(102,478 posts) Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:20 PM Nov 2019

"a rotten candidate for a rotten borough" - Blackadder's election episode

I happened to come across this today, and it seems highly topical:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5t001b

Not that "violent, bigoted old fool" MPs (or ones who want to make nanny proud) are around these days ...

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"a rotten candidate for a rotten borough" - Blackadder's election episode (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 OP

The Blackadder.....love that old series. AJT Nov 2019 #1

Here.... Soph0571 Nov 2019 #2

AJT

(5,240 posts)

1. The Blackadder.....love that old series.

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:46 PM

Nov 2019

Soph0571

(9,685 posts)

2. Here....

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Thu Nov 7, 2019, 01:29 PM

Nov 2019

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