parish pump politics
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parish pump politics
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Political activity that is more evidently concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest.
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.
Similar: parochialism, provincialism
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noun political activity concerned with addressing the immediate needs of the local electorate than with strategy that might affect the national interest
| Deutsch | Beschränktheit, Kirchturmpolitik, Engstirnigkeit, Provinzialismus |
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title = {parish pump politics},
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