Thursday fav election five

[Gibbon]

Cicero
Homebreakers - The Style Council
The second Philippic - Cicero
Rome
An unjust peace is better than a just war - Cicero (TB take note!)

But only cos that's what I'm reading at the moment.

[Troll]

You've spoilt it now

[Gibbon]

I thought I'd be the only one. Some of the things he said and wrote still resonate today - not least parts of the Declaration of Independence.

He was a n Epicurian and most of his thoughts were just a re-hash of our very own John Locke - Father of modern liberalism (NOT the party, but a way of thought)

[Gibbon]

You've spoilt it now

Who me? Why?

[mudskipper]

Favourite politician (across the ages) - Mahatma Gandhi
Favourite political song - Running the World - Jarvis Cocker
Favourite political book - A long walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
Favourite capital city - London
Favourite political quote - "They misunderestimated me." - George Bush

[Pogle]

Lenin
Tramp the dirt down - Elvis Costello
The ragged trousered philanthropists - Robert Tressell
Dublin
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato