parish pump politics parish-pump squabbles
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Parish-pump
//ˈpæɹɪʃ ˌpʌmp//
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Never avoid bars or smoke-rooms, because in the former case you miss the chance of marrying a flirt, and in the latter of having your mind improved by local parish-pump politics, and your head broken by a fool in his cups.
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I now turn to the question of political progress. Ten days or so ago I was criticized in a newspaper for saying that I would confine political progress to the parish-pump level. […] I believe it right to ensure that truly responsible local government at the rural community and Municipal Council levels is firmly established and as quickly as possible.
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I don't think I've voted once since the war. The issues nowadays so often seem—well, a bit parish pump.
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