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Wars I've been waiting a week for the transcript to appear. Tom Paulin (irish poet, Newsnight Review critic, mostly academic) reviews Attack of the Clones:

"There is a benign sense of the Republic in it. Now, if I could just explain that. Obviously talking in this country, where there may be only 30% Republicans, if you know what it is like to be a Republican, let's take, when Chirac got back. In the run-up to that, the French were saying the Republic must preserve itself. They must affirm the Republic in voting for Chirac, wherever.

Paulin excelled himself that night. And you can watch the entire performance in this live stream [RealOne required].