Merry Christmas one and all from Charlie Brooker.

[DesEsseintes]

I have such a man-crush on Mr Brooker's worldview.

God bless us, every one!

 

[butters]

I have such a man-crush on Mr Brooker's worldview.

God bless us, every one!

indeed

his tv series was excellent, and his Black Mirror 3-parter was frighteningly good.

 

[DesEsseintes]

indeed

his tv series was excellent, and his Black Mirror 3-parter was frighteningly good.

Absolutely, dear butters- I knew you had exquisite taste. He also came up with the most accurate political analysis of David Cameron I have ever read in the first four paragraphs here.

 

[Que Va]

which is true, assuming your conversations with your real friends consist of you issuing basic commands and demanding answers to factual questions.

So basically, the doll is ready for the General Board.

 

[butters]

Absolutely, dear butters- I knew you had exquisite taste. He also came up with the most accurate political analysis of David Cameron I have ever read in the first four paragraphs here.

whenever i complain about other countries' politics, i have to shudder at our own shiny-faced, overfed, divorced-from-cruel-reality breed of modern politician. watching them perform on the world stage embarrasses me.

 

[DesEsseintes]

whenever i complain about other countries' politics, i have to shudder at our own shiny-faced, overfed, divorced-from-cruel-reality breed of modern politician. watching them perform on the world stage embarrasses me.

People laughed at Michael Foot, but he was the last senior politician to look like a normal human being - a bit shambolic, with a hinterland outside politics. Blair was the worst of all - David Dickinson with a nuclear button.

 

[butters]

People laughed at Michael Foot, but he was the last senior politician to look like a normal human being - a bit shambolic, with a hinterland outside politics. Blair was the worst of all - David Dickinson with a nuclear button.

and not quite as mahoganised

 

[DesEsseintes]

and not quite as mahoganised

No, nothing so classy for Blair. He was always more guts of balsa than hearts of oak.