Hi Everyone
Early on in my working life, I had a boss who was friends with a leading politician. The problem was that they were of very different political persuasions leading to many lively discussions. When the discussion became heated his political friend would say "Calm down, it's only a game you know". When I look at Boris and many others like him in Parliament I realise how right he was. Now this week the date of the elections has been announced - the 4th of July so for the next six very long weeks we will have wall to wall political arguments thrust in our faces to try to persuade us where to put our cross on the ballot paper. At least at the end of it, we will not have a sulking loser saying that it was a complete fiddle unless of course, the Chinese or Russian cyber kings get in on the proceedings. All this at a time when Parliament has many important new laws and legislation to debate and pass. Now Parliament is closed until a new government is elected. Then, just as they are back at 'work', they will be swanning off on their summer holidays until sometime towards the end of September. All this while the Ukraine, Gaza, the Post office scandal, the contaminated blood scandal and goodness knows what else, is almost forgotten as they wander down the beach with their bucket and spade with the sewage contaminated sea lapping lapping over their feet, enjoying their two scoop tub which will be listed on their expense sheets later, while looking up into the sky to see if they can spot any illegal immigrants being flown out to Ruanda. Most experts thought that the election would be in September or October but that would have resulted in them missing most of their holidays so that was always a silly idea. Anyway, there is some respite for us while they are shouting and being nasty to each other, we can escape to watch the European football championships and tennis at Wimbledon. Happy days.
As you can imagine, the Senior Partner had a few problems, one of which was me of course. As the Senior Partner in a Fruit, Vegetable, Flower, Lolly and Game shop she defined herself as a business woman even though the only paid employee she ever had was the errand boy being paid ten shillings a week (50p in today's money), apart from the Junior Partner but he did not count. As a shop owner and business woman she naturally gravitated to the Conservative party. That was fine as long as we had a Conservative Prime Minister. The real problem was when a Labour Prime Minister came along. She was quite happy that her Prime Minister was a wealthy man with three houses but she thought that a Labour Prime Minister, a socialist, should be living in a terraced house in a Northern industrial town and catching a bus to 10 Downing Street. She could not be persuaded that he needed to have had the same good education and abilities as his counterpart. I think, however, that even she would have drawn the line at Rishi's £100 million fortune.
Just a Thought:
Living on earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip round the sun.
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "got to have it" scale.
I don't approve of political jokes, I've seen too many get elected.
Brian
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