A hasty thought due to current pressures - play to produce, actors to bollock, tantrums to be thrown, you know how it is with us 'luvvies' - but I hear that an assortment of six junior bag-carriers and bottie-wipers have resigned from their prestigious(?) posts in the government. Was this a matter of deep principle brought about by honourable disagreements over social policy, or education, or Europe, or 'the War on Terror'? Do me a favour! The only principle they might have heard of is Victoria Principal. No, these political poltroons have resigned because their party leader is taking his time before stepping down and thus they hope to curry favour with who-ever gets the top job. When I think of the number of incidents in the career of Tony ('Hey, I'm a pretty straight sort of a guy') Blair that might, and indeed, should, have brought about mass resignations from his party and compare them to those offered by this collection of snivelling deserters, I realise why I despise politicians.
Blair, for all his faults, and they are manifold, has led the Labour party to an unprecedented length of time in office. You would think these political pip-squeaks might at least have a modicum of loyalty to a leader who helped keep their greasy bottoms on the equally greasy seats of Westminster, but 'loyalty' is another of those words which spew forth constantly from the lips of politicians accompanied by a huge nudge and a wink.
Even so, I remind myself of my own words, "In a democracy you get the politicians you deserve." Well, at least I haven't voted in years - so what's your excuse!
Additional: Kirk Elder says it all much more wittily than me and uses Lear quotations better, too.
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