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9 Oct 2024 Conversations with Tyler Tom Tugendhat on Modernizing the UK and Political Reform

“I love The Princess Bride, which is incredibly funny and still has some of the greatest comic lines in the English language.”

— Tom Tugendhat

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Tom Tugendhat
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9 Oct 2024
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Conversations with Tyler

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…What’s your favorite movie? I have quite a few that I quite like, actually. I’ve recently watched again Shawshank Redemption, which is just an absolute classic. It’s a classic because the dialogue is amazing. I love The Princess Bride, which is incredibly funny and still has some of the greatest comic lines in the English language. Those are two of my favorites. Do James Bond movies have a future? To some people, they feel too politically incorrect. In the last Bond movie — this is no longer a spoiler — Bond dies at the end. That just seemed wrong to me. What can they do with the franchise to keep it fresh when there’s a lot of competition from other spy figures, the Bourne movies, many others? What is going to make James Bond distinctive going forward?…

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