Even the grumpiest of us (this includes me much of the time) have to acknowledge that Saturday, 4th August was a phenomenal day for British sport.
But one unfortunate side-effect is the increased intrusion of sleb culture into politics. It was bad enough when a few appearances on HIGNFY made Buffoon Boris London Mayor (one appearance on HIGNFY is worth twenty election broadcasts) but now he's being touted as successor PM in increasingly desperate Tory circles. Someone, somewhere is hoping an emotional link will be made between golden locks and gold medals.
The irony is that Boris didn't win one gold medal (can you imagine?) any more than his soon-to-be predecessor won a General Election.
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Thursday, 22 January 2009
U.S. Elections and Conspiracy Theorists
Barack Obama has had to re-take his inauguration oath because there was a slight mix-up with the words first time around. They were worried about conspiracy theorists getting excited. BUT I hear that the second oath was taken without a bible. Apparently there wasn't one to hand.
Surely that will have the conspiracy theorists jumping up and down even more? Anyway, I hope this daft-as-brushes minority doesn't cause too many problems. Obama has enough on his plate. He'll need a very big mop and bucket to clear up after Dubya.
The very best of luck to him. Expectations vary from 'Barack walks on water' hysteria in some quarters to 'anything must be better than Dubya' from the cynics. Personally, I think he will beat the latter minimum by some distance. Let's hope so.
Surely that will have the conspiracy theorists jumping up and down even more? Anyway, I hope this daft-as-brushes minority doesn't cause too many problems. Obama has enough on his plate. He'll need a very big mop and bucket to clear up after Dubya.
The very best of luck to him. Expectations vary from 'Barack walks on water' hysteria in some quarters to 'anything must be better than Dubya' from the cynics. Personally, I think he will beat the latter minimum by some distance. Let's hope so.
Monday, 3 March 2008
US Elections
Why is the UK media so obsessed with every little detail in the run-up to the Presidential elections in the USA? The elections don't even take place until the end of the year.
Granted that the US President is an important figure in international politics, and the World will be very glad to see the back of Dubya and his cronies in November, but we in the UK have absolutely no influence on the outcome of these elections. Let's face it: the American people don't have much. We're talking about the politics of a Plutocracy, not a real Democracy.
Granted that the US President is an important figure in international politics, and the World will be very glad to see the back of Dubya and his cronies in November, but we in the UK have absolutely no influence on the outcome of these elections. Let's face it: the American people don't have much. We're talking about the politics of a Plutocracy, not a real Democracy.
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