leavers complaining that the Brexit talks were 'boring', as if two day lorry queues are going to provide the stimulating spectacle they crave

don't worry, the scriptwriters will spice things up with some food riots in the next episode

sixth form philosopher level theory: the shift from slow-paced articulate 1970s British TV to 21st century spectacle driven rollercoaster blockbusters has ruined our collective appetite for the reality of politics; we now expect reality to mirror the media we consume

we in the UK were a lot more used to patiently digesting the steady unfolding progress of political change when we had TV that we also had to digest patiently

not saying everything can be explained by Doctor Who stories going from four 25 minute episodes over 4 weeks to being delivered in one 50 minute burst, but WHAT IF IT WAS