UK General Election 2017

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Yes, but he expects you to be better. All Americans have a secret fascination with all things British, hence the need to bring them down by having them play villains in Hollywood. That's for the masses, while the "cultural elite" is trying to emulate them unsuccessfully....

Many do, Sarmatian, many do. Certainly, an English accent --preferably posh but without reaching the Oxbridge mumbletonian level -- gives you a better chance of getting laid than some yank with otherwise similar charm/looks/pelf.

For myself, however, I am a thorough-going yank and happy to be such, and if there is any monarchist sentiment lurking within me it is for an Ard Ri, not some genteel mélange of manners and restricted breeding.



I respect the Brits as our best ally. Though to be fair, if we are going to ignore Washington's advice, I think the special relationship should be a bit more of a two-way street than it has been these last few decades.