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07-13-2016, 01:01 PM
How 'Harry Potter' helped me understand British politics
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LONDON — As a **n-British person in my first year of living in London, following UK politics in their current state has been more than a little confusing.
SEE ALSO: If the British royal family members were 'Game of Thrones' characters (http://mashable.com/2016/06/11/royal-family-game-of-thrones-mashup/)
I've found that learning by association can help.*
Using a highly scientific algorithm that draws on an admittedly selective combination of factors including personality traits, physical characteristics, political ideology, and my own general sense of the person, the following list attempts to match several prominent names in the UK political sphere with their counterparts in the magical realm of literary fiction provided to us by J.K. Rowling - a realm that increasingly seems ** more bizarre than reality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/uk-politicians-as-harry-potter-characters/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Jeremy Corbyn (http://mashable.com/category/jeremy-corbyn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Nicola Sturgeon (http://mashable.com/category/nicola-sturgeon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sadiq Khan (http://mashable.com/category/sadiq-khan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boris Johnson (http://mashable.com/category/boris-johnson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Theresa May (http://mashable.com/category/theresa-may/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hn1c0Ms5r6c
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LONDON — As a **n-British person in my first year of living in London, following UK politics in their current state has been more than a little confusing.
SEE ALSO: If the British royal family members were 'Game of Thrones' characters (http://mashable.com/2016/06/11/royal-family-game-of-thrones-mashup/)
I've found that learning by association can help.*
Using a highly scientific algorithm that draws on an admittedly selective combination of factors including personality traits, physical characteristics, political ideology, and my own general sense of the person, the following list attempts to match several prominent names in the UK political sphere with their counterparts in the magical realm of literary fiction provided to us by J.K. Rowling - a realm that increasingly seems ** more bizarre than reality.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/13/uk-politicians-as-harry-potter-characters/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Jeremy Corbyn (http://mashable.com/category/jeremy-corbyn/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Nicola Sturgeon (http://mashable.com/category/nicola-sturgeon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Sadiq Khan (http://mashable.com/category/sadiq-khan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Boris Johnson (http://mashable.com/category/boris-johnson/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Theresa May (http://mashable.com/category/theresa-may/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hn1c0Ms5r6c