He added that his film would be a hit with overseas audiences, because "they like that sort of British looniness".
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During the 18 years of Tory rule, while Labour in England lurched towards looniness, the Scottish Labour Party remained solidly sensible.
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The main character, said the professor, had the same position in society as the entrepreneur in the Soviet Union: a sane inmate agitating against bureaucratic looniness.