Poor Man About Town

Have you ever noticed a tin of Quality Street when it is getting near its end, only a quarter left - have you noticed the sweets - red, blue and orange wrappers, all with squidgy, sickly centres. Not much choice really, all the best chocs have gone. Our democracy has met the same fate. When you have made your choice of demcracy the analogy can be stretched to the point "that once bitten, you cannot put the soft centre back in the box" (Quentin Crisp). Yep, whatever choice we make it is all the same, soft, squidgy, sickly centre politics, once you've made your choice your lumbered with it for up to five years.

Labels: politics