parish pump politics

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. Ireland,UK,derogatory,informal,uncountable
    — 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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