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# Long Live The Status Quo
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/long-live-status-quo/
- Published: 2010-05-03T18:05:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T09:42:46.000Z
- Description: OurKingdom discovers the opening clip from the far-off days when politicians made honest party political broadcasts for the UK elections
- Author: John Cleese
- Tags: Europe, #Migrated, Politics & activism, United Kingdom, Democracy and government, UK, Hang 'em, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 15:45, #appended-excerpt

OurKingdom discovers the opening clip from the far-off days when politicians made honest party political broadcasts for the UK elections. (For the full 10 minute item [see here](http://www.youtube.com/user/openDemocracyOK?ref=opendemocracy.net#p/a/u/1/NcnYa0fPaUY))

OurKingdom discovers the opening clip from the far-off days when politicians made honest party political broadcasts for the UK elections