It's not every day that you'll hear the phrase "winter is coming" creeping into a lecture, but Dutch politician Hans Timmermans is a huge Game of Thrones fan, and gave a very special lecture at the Google Zeitgeist about how the epic fantasy series can actually offer a comparison to European society today.
If you've got the patience to sit through the rather interesting speech, you'll discover that he's gone as far as to link some of the happenings in Westeros with modern day issues like tax evasion, and can even see reflections of the state of modern politics in the series. He says Game of Thrones is "the perfect metaphor for where we stand as a society". Watch his speech below and see if you agree...
