I was visiting a Tory MP in Portcullis House when I noticed the book by Simon Sebag-Montefiore YOUNG STALIN on his desk. "What are you reading that for?" I asked. "So can I read the mindset of Gordon Brown," came the reply. Boom boom. Hattip to TheoSpark for the graphic.
But has Gordon - like Joe got webbed feet?
ReplyDeleteI bet Gordo read Das Kapital in the original German.
ReplyDeleteI bet Gordo read Das Kapital in the original German.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the double entry at 7:04 - the computer threw a wobbly, just like a few politicians.
ReplyDeleteNonsense. You were typing it with webbed fingers. We know.
ReplyDeleteBorn in poverty, scarred by his upbringing, exceptional in his studies, this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary.
ReplyDelete(from simonsebagmontefiore.com.)
Hmmm, pretty much like the McBroon then...
"Born in poverty, scarred by his upbringing, exceptional in his studies, this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as fanatical revolutionary."
ReplyDeleteCan't be Broon, it mentions charisma.
You seem accidentally to have forgotten to tell us which Tory MP it was. Go on, do a Guido please ...
ReplyDeleteAbout the only contact with the working public Stalin ever had was fomenting riots and strikes in Baku around 1905. He then became a bank robber for what ended up as the Bolsheviks. Lenin on his deathbed was asked who he favoured as his successor and was reputed to have replied anyone but Stalin.
ReplyDeleteDid Blair think anyone but Broon I wonder ?
Out of interest: the earlier book on Stalin by Sebag-Montefiore 'Court of the red Tsar' was truly exceptional. By far and away the best biography of Stalin out there.
ReplyDeleteIt read superbly and had used some outstanding sources to paint a very deep picture of the man. I just could not put it down.
S. S-M. is a truly gifted historian.Looking forward to reading 'The Young Stalin'