Jeremy Thorpe - The Silent Conspiracy.

[Gramaisc]

Might be of interest to those who can remember when politicians were a bit less bland than they are these days - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wz633 - somehow, I just can't imagine Nick Clegg ever being quite so 'interesting'...

11pm tonight, Radio 4, then on iPlayer for a while.

 

[Alan B'Stard]

R4 seemed to hint it was digging some dirt as well. The dead can't be libelled.

 

[Gramaisc]

R4 seemed to hint it was digging some dirt as well. The dead can't be libelled.

Not easy to see how they can get it all into 38 minutes..

 

[Gramaisc]

There was a documentary, largely from Norman Scott's perspective, a good few years back - http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/oldott/www.offthetelly.co.uk/index8197.html?p=5314 .

This was quite a good skit....

 

[Noah]

Which led to the spoof slogan "Vote Liberal or we'll shoot your dog", I believe. Was that Private Eye?

 

[Gramaisc]

Nigel Farage's persona reminds me greatly of Jeremy Thorpe - the posh maverick....

 

[joshua]

Nigel Farage's persona reminds me greatly of Jeremy Thorpe - the posh maverick....

Farage is a buffoon, Thorpe was a decent man and had a genuine sympathy for the underprivileged – whether in his beloved North Devon where his first campaign was for 'mains, drains and a little bit of light' or in Africa, where he was a resolute fighter against apartheid.

 

[Gramaisc]

Farage is a buffoon, Thorpe was a decent man and had a genuine sympathy for the underprivileged – whether in his beloved North Devon where his first campaign was for 'mains, drains and a little bit of light' or in Africa, where he was a resolute fighter against apartheid.

Oh, indeed, it's just the 'presentation' that I refer to, most certainly not the content.