###Previous Results 1945 – Sir Archibald Sinclair (Liberal)
1950 – Clement Davies with 50% of the vote
1955 – Clement Davies with 58% of the vote
Last week the results were: Clement Davies (Liberal) 58%, Winston Churchill (Conservative) 27% Clement Attlee (Labour) 15%,
Putting these seats into the electoral calculus based on the 1955 boundaries we get:
Liberals 608 seats
Labour 0 seats
Conservatives 20 seats
The Actual results from 1951 were:
Labour: 295 seats, 48.8% of the vote
Conservative: 321 seats, 48.0% of the vote
Liberal: 6 seats, 2.5% of the vote
###Profiles
- Sir Anthony Eden is the 57 year old current Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative party, a post he has held since April 6th 1955
- Clement Attlee is the 73 year old current Leader of the Labour Party, a post he has held since October 25th 1935
This week I will not be including the Liberal party which is still led by Clement Davies – in 1951 their share of the vote collapsed to just 2.5%, and they will only stand 110 candidates in this election, far fewer than needed to form a government.
###Background
- The Conservative Clawback Part 2 – Last week represented “one last push” for Winston Churchill against the man he’d stood against for 3 general elections in a row Clement Attlee. The Conservatives did not manage to win more votes than Attlee but due to Britain’s first past the post system the Conservatives won a majority of 17 seats. That’s more than Attlee had in 1950 (5) but still relatively slim. After the election Churchill offered Liberal leader Clement Davies the position of Foreign Secretary. Davies seriously considered this and as I mentioned last week Churchill had been courting the Liberals. Da
More about Mr Eden: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Eden
British Prime Minister rankings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom
He was also a frequent user of Benzedrine, an amphetamine and was regarded as a harmless stimulant. The insomnia, restlessness, and mood swings which Eden suffered during the Suez Crisis are attributed to his frequent drug use, as well as the poor judgment on his behalf during this time
Really interesting guy, was admitted to hospital in 1956 with a fever of 41 C (106 F)
At the wedding. Did he hear? I never can decide. My husband and I go back and forth over this one.
Certainly explains why he wanted all those lambs to keep quiet.
Just rewatched this movie after many years. 10/10 recommend. For those who haven’t seen it, in my opinion it’s criminally underrated. A survival thriller, it features some iconic acting from BOTH Hopkins and Baldwin. It has a well-written plot, and the ending is very moving. Does anyone else LOVE this film??? It’s way better than I remember it being when I was a kid.
Robert and Carson weren't called to war, Robert WANTED to participate to the war and they didn't let him... if Strallan was really so much old to make people cringe at the thought to see him married with Edith, why he was called to serve in WWI?
I just think that Sir Anthony Hopkins does not get enough appreciation for his overall output in that period. Sure, his performance in The Silence of the Lambs is rightfully recognised as iconic, it largely overshadows his consistently amazing performances in other movies throughout the 90s. Just look at his 90s filmography:
The Silence of the Lambs
Howards End
Shadowlands
Remains of the Day
Nixon
Amistad
Dracula
Legends of the Fall
The Mask of Zorro
Apart from these, he also gave credible performances in some lesser movies such as:
The Edge
Meet Joe Black
Titus
The Road to Wellville
Spotswood
It's crazy that his career prime started when he was well into his 50s. Is there a precedence of any other actor delivering so many great performances in leading roles at that age ?
I mean the dude is in his 80s and still gets leading roles in projects like Westworld, The Two Popes and The Father. Adjusted for age, I think he is the most successful lead actor of all time.
Can you think of any other actor/actresses that had an extremely productive decade like Hopkins had in the 90s ?
Wise words from Brianna Weist :
′′Let go the people who are not prepared to love you. This is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing. Stop having hard conversations with people who don't want change.
"Stop showing up for people who have no interest in your presence. I know your instinct is to do everything to earn the appreciation of those around you, but it's a boost that steals your time, energy, mental and physical health.
"When you begin to fight for a life with joy, interest and commitment, not everyone will be ready to follow you in this place. This doesn't mean you need to change what you are, it means you should let go of the people who aren't ready to accompany you.
"If you are excluded, insulted, forgotten or ignored by the people you give your time to, you don't do yourself a favor by continuing to offer your energy and your life. The truth is that you are not for everyone and not everyone is for you.
"That's what makes it so special when you meet people who reciprocate love. You will know how precious you are.
"The more time you spend trying to make yourself loved by someone who is unable to, the more time you waste depriving yourself of the possibility of this connection to someone else.
"There are billions of people on this planet and many of them will meet with you at your level of interest and commitment.
"The more you stay involved with people who use you as a pillow, a background option or a therapist for emotional healing, the longer you stay away from the community you want.
"Maybe if you stop showing up, you won't be wanted. Maybe if you stop trying, the relationship will end. Maybe if you stop texting your phone will stay dark for weeks. That doesn't mean you ruined the relationship, it means the only thing holding it back was the energy that only you gave to keep it. This is not love, it's attachment. It's wanting to give a chance to those who don't deserve it. You deserve so much, there are people who should not be in your life.
"The most valuable thing you have in your life is your time and energy, and both are limited. When you give your time and energy, it will define your existence.
"When you realize this, you begin to understand why you are so anxious when you spend time with people, in activities, places or situations that don't suit you and shouldn't be around you, your energy is stolen.
"You will begin to realize that the most important thing you can do fo
... keep reading on reddit ➡Both are absolutely phenomenal actors who carried the shows in their respective Season 1. So, why do they both die in the season finale?
To quote SAH's character from Westworld Dr. Ford, the answer always seemed obvious to me. Unfortunately, the reality is that they are both quite old. Al Pacino is turning 82, while SAH is turning 84. It's very hard for showrunners to write the story that might develop over a number of seasons with old actors in mind for a variety of reasons (health, mental and physical decline, death).
So, instead of betting on that, they prefer to enroll legends like AP and SAH for one season to lure viewers in and to give the main character of the show the mentorship they need to carry the show forward (Jonah ends leading The Hunt while Dolores in Westworld ends up leading the host uprising). Granted, SAH had a sort of ghost-in-the-machine-comeback in Season 2 of Westworld, but everyone knew at that point it was a cameo.
I just started watching The Crown and just finished episode 1 of Season 2. I was struck at the end by the emotion of watching Britain's invasion of the Suez play out as Eden washed his pain medication down with gin and the Queen made her nightly prayers before applying her beauty cream.
The ending almost suggested to me that we are supposed to view Eden in a sympathetic light. While he once was a skilled diplomat and public servant, his illness and medications have clouded his judgement and turned him into an irrational warmonger. The tragic music as Egyptian civilians flee British tanks combined with watching Eden slowly and painfully take his medication made me think that the show is depicting Eden as a good man who's making all the wrong choices, partly due to his pride but mostly due to his illness and subsequent self-medication.
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the show's portrayal of Eden and the Suez Crisis. Is it trying to make him sympathetic? Or is it trying to cast him as an irrational out-of-touch politician with delusions of grandeur in trying to carry out a "military conquest" of Egypt?
