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Even John Major's role in this was boring...

posted 15 years ago by You_Shot_My_Speckled_Jim
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He just exudes bland.

Actually, me and my friends agreed that he was one of the most interesting characters. I'd never thought of him as such a Machiavellian figure before and his scheming with Hurd really amused us. Ken Clark's blunt meeting with her was the best though, talk about puling no punches!

Lord Winder is dead! Long live Lord Snapcase!

[–] boogles 15 years ago

It captured his character brillantly having his wisdom teeth done for 5 days! LOL!

[–] LouisRenault 15 years ago

One of the performances of the show. You just don't get to be PM if you're some idiot who wears his underpants on the outside, you need to be scheming, devious, ruthless, in short a politician.

A reflection of the subtlety of the portrayal that the OP should have missed the point so completely.

[–] chrisob-84 15 years ago

I agree. I had never really thought of him as scheming before watching this, but when you read about what the events were it does make a lot of sense.

[–] bongo-6 14 years ago

I loved the way they portrayed him folding his napkin - the sign of a peasant!!