[UA] Lord Archer

[Chris Milne]

Full agreement with James from this part of the UK  :)

Some part of me feels that something this just shouldn't be anything 
else. Kinda idealistic and naive of me, but there you go...

During the recent election, there was a lot of talk about how 
politics and politicians weren't in touch with the country, about how 
the electorate was apathetic and how this situation could be changed. 
Well, I spent Thursday wandering around some of the most deprived 
parts of the East End of London, and everybody there was talking 
about it. There were signs in the cafes and taxis telling people the 
result. So I guess Archer bridged that gap and engendered some 
emotion among the electorate, even if he did go about it in an 
interesting way.

So, what's UA-able about Archer? He's a pathological liar who lives 
in a fantasy world of his own construction, yet he managed to reach 
the highest echelons of British politics. A large majority of the 
country loathes him, yet most of them will have one of his books on 
their shelves (or at least have read one once). He's the second Tory 
politician to be jailed in recent years for, essentially, lying 
through their teeth. Beyond that? Not a lot. As James says, he's a 
malevolent little goblin.



Chris Milne
forced to delurk by the mention of Archer


On Saturday, July 21, 2001 6:14 PM, James Palmer 
[SMTP:jamespalmer39 at hotmail.com] wrote:
> >From: Greg Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com>
> >Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> >To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> >Subject: [UA] Lord Archer
> >Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 08:30:21 -0500
> >
> >This is UAble somehow.  Not sure how, but I feels it...
> >
>
> Well, from a British point of view - 'Liar, cheat, and shit goes to
> prison
> as consequence.'  It's not UA; it's just justice.  The description
> of Archer
> as having a 'vivid imagination' is somewhat over-generous; every 
one
> of his
> plots is as cheap, shabby, and unoriginal as his life.
>
> Well, maybe there's some kind of collective release of energy as 
the
> entire
> country gloats over another one of the malevolent little Tory
> goblins who
> attempted to systematically asset-strip our country to feather 
their
> own
> nests being sent to jail.  Next up Cecil Parkinson, with any luck.
>  I was
> trying to explain the rejoicing to an American friend staying here,
> and the
> best I could come up with was 'Imagine if Newt Gingrich was sent to
> jail
> ...'
>
> J.
>
>
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