"Defeating Trump is more important than all of us"

[Rev. Rye]

In this particular forum thread context, the Busters who are so committed to their particular candidate (the same one I’ll be voting for soon, mind you) that they’d stay home just because the lesser of two evils isn’t good enough. In this case, who the Romans are meant to be should be obvious.

In the actual historical context of when Life of Brian was made, the various rebel groups were an analogue for present-day left-wing factions who ended up focusing more on squabbling about how each other were false prophets than actually fighting the power. And, of course, if you know your British history, you know who came to power the same year the film was released...