09 Jun 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotThe line about Kings Cross vs. Grand Central Station is a little odd in that New York has more in common with London than it does with Orlando, but I digress.
and Boris don't like it
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/7807589/Now-heres-a-wizard-idea.-Why-not-bring-Harry-Potter-home.html
In any case, JK did keep British fingerprints on the series by insisting that the movie parts be awarded to British actors even though that meant sacrificing on the talent level (Danny Radcliffe did a fine job and all but at age 12 (or whatever it was), he was no Haley Joel Osment).
Beyond that, the free market is what it is. If the British want to build a HP theme park, let them raise the capital and do it. Nothing's stopping them.
10 Jun 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotAll newspapers in the U.K. are centre-right or right - except The Independent which is studiously centrist, and The Guardian which publishes enough op-eds and features of a leftist bent to render the newspaper, as a whole, centre-left. The U.K. has no left wing national daily.
not many center-right papers in the UK, are there?
10 Jun 10
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Originally posted by PalynkaIt might have a "Workers' Section" instead of, or in addition to, a "Business Section". And it might have a section on civil society, activism, voluntary service, campaigns etc. However, the advertisers don't go for it. So there hasn't been one in the U.K. for several decades.
What's left wing?
10 Jun 10
Originally posted by FMFIt's called Page 3.
It might have a "Workers' Section" instead of, or in addition to, a "Business Section". And it might have a section on civil society, activism, voluntary service, campaigns etc. However, the advertisers don't go for it. So there hasn't been one in the U.K. for several decades.