I have only voted once in the United Kingdom. Back in 1983. I voted for Harvey Proctor. It lists as No.2 in the most stupidest things I have ever done. In my defence, I had just started as a trader in the city and . . . OK, there is NO defence. I’m sorry. Believe me when I say I won’t do it again. I'm not a politician. Never have been. Never been the slightest bit interested. In fact it’s safe to say that I have avoided the whole business with a barge pole so big that you could punt the Queen Mary across the Atlantic with it. My earliest impressions of Parliament were filled with images of buffoons waving papers in the air, shouting 'rhubarb, rhubarb' and quite frankly it never seemed to be a particularly dignified way of conducting oneself. Anyway, at the time I was too busy behaving like a twat in city champagne bars to notice. From what I could gather, the number one objective of a politician seemed to be to get re-elected. That couldn’t be right, could it? Imagine if th...
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