Oh, Politics!

Adapted from the British comedy TV series The Thick of It, In the Loop features the UK Minister for International Development Simon Foster (Tom Hollander) making successive faux-pas in public office – first noting that war in Iraq is “unforseeable” (not quite the official line, for which he is duly berated), and then blurting out to journalists that he may need to “climb the mountain of conflict”. Out comes a summons to Washington, and Simon Foster soon becomes roadkill in a political game where the endgame was to take the countries – UK and USA - to war. When you are done with likes of The Green Zone and Body of Lies, watch this movie for a hilarious take on how UK (ostensibly) managed to bungle its way into the Iraq conflict. Exceptionally entertaining, as only the circus of politics can be

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