A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder! Off, Blitzer!

On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder! Off, Blitzer!

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John Mendelssohn
Jul 06, 2015
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[Note: I wrote this in 2014, before Jeremy Paxman's abdication.]

The United Kingdom’s deputy prime minister has castigated BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman for treating politicians, at whom he sneers with unashamed disgust and addresses in a tone that suggests he’s just barely able to bring himself to speak to them, as “rogues and charlatans.” (And your poi…

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