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> On both front benches today there are pitifully few people one could call intellectuals (as distinct from intelligent). Thank goodness. I think we could all
by boffinism 8y ago
> On both front benches today there are pitifully few people one could call intellectuals (as distinct from intelligent).
Thank goodness. I think we could all do with more intelligence and less 'intellectual' snobbery.
- cs02rm0 8y agoQuite. Equally, whilst Thatcher and Attlee disagreed about almost everything they had at least one thing in common – a loathing of referenda. There's been a lot of faux intellectualism and requoting of Poppler et al since the last referendum. Seems a very thinly veiled article to me.
- jacquesm 8y ago> There's been a lot of faux intellectualism and requoting of Poppler et al since the last referendum. The irony of that typo is hopefully not lost on you.
- collyw 8y agoI see even less evidence of that from our politicians.
- pebers 8y agoUnfortunately we didn't exchange one for the other, the front benches today are bereft of both.