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** Simon Foster avoids watching a hotel's porn channel for fear that it will "show up in the register of interests". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7970731.stm Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband wasn't quite so careful]. |
** Simon Foster avoids watching a hotel's porn channel for fear that it will "show up in the register of interests". [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7970731.stm Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband wasn't quite so careful]. |
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** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/may/08/mandelson-expenses-in-the-loop Lord Mandelson's claims] for gardening expenses revealed he had been through a "diplomatic crisis" with a neighbor over neglect of his garden. His predicament was eerily similar to Simon Foster's as he struggled with Paul Michaelson (Steve Coogan) and his collapsing garden wall. |
** [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/may/08/mandelson-expenses-in-the-loop Lord Mandelson's claims] for gardening expenses revealed he had been through a "diplomatic crisis" with a neighbor over neglect of his garden. His predicament was eerily similar to Simon Foster's as he struggled with Paul Michaelson (Steve Coogan) and his collapsing garden wall. |
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* [[Playing Against Type]]: James Gandolfini as Pentagon Dove General Miller. |
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Revision as of 14:07, 9 February 2015
- Fake American: Linton's aide Bob Adriano is played by British actor Enzo Cilenti.
- Hey, It's That Guy!:
- Before the film's release Peter Capaldi was best-known to US audiences as Danny from Local Hero. Some reviewers remarked that fans of the earlier film would probably be in for a shock.
- ...and if you thought that was a shock, there's Lord Cutler Beckett from Pirates of the Caribbean as our protagonist.
- Life Imitates Art: The MPs expenses scandal revealed two beautiful examples:
- Simon Foster avoids watching a hotel's porn channel for fear that it will "show up in the register of interests". Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband wasn't quite so careful.
- Lord Mandelson's claims for gardening expenses revealed he had been through a "diplomatic crisis" with a neighbor over neglect of his garden. His predicament was eerily similar to Simon Foster's as he struggled with Paul Michaelson (Steve Coogan) and his collapsing garden wall.
- Playing Against Type: James Gandolfini as Pentagon Dove General Miller.