To Chris Taylor and others.
   You mention the cinematic. The reality is much more deadly than that. Today,
saw the March of Nurses on Washington DC protesting against medical downsizing
and lack of adequate hospital standards. Homelessness and exploitation are
growing at alarming rates. I'm afraid the Hays Code and classical Hollywood
affirmative visions are things of the past.
 Soon, in Britain (now heavily influenced by American culture both in cinema
television, and newspapers (thanks to allowing Rupert Murdoch an American
citizen control over your media you will soon experience an apocalyptic
doom far more dangerous than the controvery over British beef!
  Consider the following facts.
   New Labour modelling itself after Slick Willy and Margaret Thatcher which
has now officially accepted the end of the welfare state, the health
service becoming more privatized and the state pension scheme gradually
ending. The lack of a minimum wage requirement and the impossibility of
most people ever saving enough money towards paying for hospital bills and
old age. Indeed, your media has already paralleled the nihilistic visions of
American cinema with the Francis Urquhart trilogy (HOUSE OF CARDS, TO PLAY
THE KING, THE FINAL CUT) with its depiction of an eternal right-wing Tory
dominance over England far more overpowering than escapist costume dramas,
Jane Austen recreations, and the pompous posturings of Kenneth Branagh and
Emma Thompson. Look beneath the surface, The UK experience is just as bad.
  Tony Williams
 
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