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At the start of Francesco Rosi’s 1984 film of Carmen, there is a scene in which the bull, enraged but weakened by the fight, the loss of blood from wounds caused by lances and the many banderillas thrust into its head, is finally despatched by the toreador inserting a sword between the beast’s shoulder blades into the heart. It mirrors the final scene when Jose, maddened by Carmen’s indifference, kills her in the same arena. The scene does not make for easy watching, though the whole film is one which should certainly be viewed.
Opposing a government is much like bull-fighting. Before the final coup de grâce, the government must be fought, day in, day out, harried, attacked, relentlessly worried by the opposition on all fronts – at PMQs, in Select Committees, during committee stages, in the press, in every possible forum – and in a multitude of ways: Parliamentary procedure, questioning, motions, forensic analysis, debates etc.
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index. ... tions-for/ A stinging criticism of Labour's approach under Corbyn.
29 Jul 2019, 3:16 am
