Yes it is. See Moore, Dalton. Also - quite a few of Fleming’s books.

This. Even those who say that they want more considerate, less misogynistic Bond, aren’t usually very eager to go completely outside the whole hyper-masculine Bond archetype. Hiddleston was perfect in Night Manager, he was essentially British (in a good way), and he’d probably be the first Bond since Moore to know how…

Also, just to emphasise in a separate comment: not_a_tux. Rachel, this is NOT a tux. It’s a tailcoat. See the white bowtie? You never wear it with a tuxedo. Like, ever.

I prefer Elba, by far, but Hiddleston is not “all wrong”. Hiddleston is just a calmer, less energetic kind of guy (Night Manager, ffs), which to some seems essentially British, but to you American folk makes him probably less palatable than some of the other candidates. Hiddleston basically knows how to behave (and…

Also, Locke - just in case people wondered if Hardy can play someone more down-to-earth than his usual roles.

Elba has basically already played Bond in Luther - and don’t get me wrong, I think he’d be absolutely perfect, literally cannot imagine a better Bond right now, but historically it’s usually preferred if the new Bond actors are not associated with similar roles (yet). When they start talking about you as the new Bond…

“But you told me to get rid of everyone except the Caucasuses!”

Oh yes you should. It’s one of the best fantasy sagas I’ve ever read (although I read it in Polish and can’t really speak for the quality of English translation), and it’s very distinct in it’s folklor-ish undertones.

I’m not sure if the alternative ending (of sorts) of the whole saga is available in English, but if it is, be sure to read it too; in the videogame canon, the ending of the original saga was kinda replaced with the combination of the two “book” endings.

Even a private organisation, recognised as a legal entity, enjoys certain benefits and privileges from the state. As such, it should satisfy the bare minimum of social obligations required of everyone in a modern, secular society - like embracing the fact that men and women are essentially equal.

Alright, so we should just assume that by default they alone know best what their constituents want - better than the local party, which, by definition, consists of those local constituents?

Oh, they’re doing very well in the polls. One of the reasons being that, unlike Trump, they’ve done more to tackle the issues of economic inequality than their predecessors (admittedly, it’s still pitifully little, but at least they’ve done *something*).

He’s a turbo-neoliberal capitalist with a corporate/banker background. It was definitely not a good thing - better than Le Pen, sure, but no progressive should be fine with Macron.

Well, technically some legislative powers lie with the Crown, but yeah, in 99% of the cases the Parliament can choose to overturn whatever they want.

For the UK to join EFTA, all the other member countries would have to agree - and that’s something Norway is not very eager to do, if only for their fear of losing their status as the dominant player in this group.

Those on the left of the Labour Party just want to remind some of the Labour MPs that they are meant to represent their local constituencies - and if those constituencies voted, sometimes overwhelmingly, for the progressive manifesto offered by the leadership of the party, it might not be the best idea to try and…

Quite a few European countries have banned swastikas (Germany and Poland included), but I’ve literally never heard of anyone using the confederate flag as a Nazi placeholder. There are other symbols in use tho (the so-called celtic cross, the Falanga emblem etc.).

As far as I know, he said he wished he was gay, not that he wished he was attracted to men - two quite different things. I’m not saying he didn’t say both, but do you have a source?

But you know that many many bi people tend to hide it, for fear of negative comments from both straight guys and the LGBT+ community?

He’s been incredibly supportive of the BDSM scene too.