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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2007-10-28 06:10 pm

Bread and Circuses and Oliver Postgate

Oliver Postgate (the man behind Bagpuss and the Clangers and Ivor the Engine, etc) comments here on one of the inherent problems of a government (independent of what political party it is) that wants to stay in power - namely that you have to keep the people happy, even if this means acting against the long term interests of your country.

He's got an interesting style of writing - very narrative - which is what I'd expect really.

[identity profile] fjm.livejournal.com 2007-10-28 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw! His Grandpa would be proud!