politics
aleks.sierz
Can elections cause erections? In Jack Thorne's new 90-minute play, 2nd May 1997, Tony Blair's historic landslide victory over the Tories is the background to three stories about sex and love. As the media pumps out the election results, including the memorable Portillo moment, three very different couples in three very different bedrooms react very differently to the dawning of a new political age.The first couple is seventysomething Tory MP Robert and his wife Marie. He's about to lose his seat and defeat forces him to admit that his career has been less than glorious, while at the same Read more ...