Belle & Sebastian has shared his thoughts on the Conservative Party during a recent appearance as a panellist on BBC’s Question Time.The Scottish musician was joined on the panel by a range of politicians from his home country, including Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross.During the show – which was filmed in Musselburgh and aired yesterday (October 13) in the UK – the panel discussed a range of topics, from Scottish Independence to the country’s view on UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. When asked for his opinion of the UK’s Conservative Party – of which Truss is the leader – Murdoch said: “the Conservative [Party] don’t care about people.”“What an insult that we should be expected to eat the crumbs off a rich person's table…we should be at that table”Musician @nee_massey discusses public opinion of the Tories #bbcqtWatch now on @BBCiplayer: https://t.co/MAupYw9noo pic.twitter.com/oR8lTaOJJi— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) October 13, 2022“I feel like we’re living on a completely different planet,” he said, “they’re tone-deaf to the needs of ordinary people.” Later, Murdoch referenced Truss’ trickle-down economic plan, which she announced as part of a “mini-Budget” introduced last month.
The movie comeback people are queuing down the street for night after night in Stockport
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It was at 6.45pm sharp, on Monday, 22 August 1931, that the Regent Cinema in Marple first opened its doors. After paying the equivalent of roughly three pence for stalls and five pence for circle seats at the ticket desk, a packed out theatre enjoyed performances from Renate Müller, Jack Hulbert and Owen Nares in British musical comedy ‘Sunshine Susie’.
Since then, like many independent cinemas, the Regent has endured its fair share of ups and downs. After falling into disrepair, it was put up for sale in 1968 and almost redeveloped as a bingo hall, before the Lillis family purchased the company and reopened it in 1969.
The family quickly transformed the space. Pullman seats were introduced, interiors were refreshed, seating was reduced to improve legroom, and a new projector was fitted. Since the Lillis took it over, it has weathered the rise of video, the move to digitisation and even the pandemic and has run almost continuously - bar Covid-enforced lockdowns - for more than fifty years.
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If you walk past the Regent at around half past seven this evening you’ll see a queue stretching down past the cinema and Cambodian restaurant next door as punters patiently wait to take their seats, just as they did all those years ago. The only difference is you’ll now catch Daisy Edgar-Jones in the film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing, and it's a looser 7.45pm start time.
The face of cinema has changed immeasurably over the decades as the number of screens demanding our attention has steadily increased, and the variety of new-fangled attractions - think 3D screens and vibrating seats - has ballooned as multiplexes look to keep punters tuned
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