I decided to change my image as it reflects the funny side of life, whether it be political or an every day event, although the word Brexit tends to raise a bit of a laugh now and then as each Politician who have balanced themselves on the many fences they have built in the House of Commons are holding up Brexit. The worrying thing is that the fences are still there and so are the politicians. It’s probably the best training programme for each of them to become stand-up comedians that parliament hasn’t seen for ages.
In Winston Churchill’s time he wouldn’t stand for all this nonsense and I am sure he wouldn’t comprehend such behaviour in such a serious and important position as ordinary persons who have had the privilege of being voted as a (supposed) sensible advocate to serve his or her constituency and the country.
Hearing some of the raucous laughter from the House of Commons, you probably have wondered whether you had made the right choice of candidate to represent your district especially when he/she fails to come up to the standard which you had voted him or her for or he/she might join the silly people and there are lots of them!
The nearest I came to being involved in a political forum I was once one of the Bowler Hat Brigade, the furled black umbrella and a newspaper neatly folded under my arm and of course a black suit, white shirt and a tie to match the black shoes and socks. My first appointed place of work was the Passport Office and after a few months was promoted to work in a department at 15 and 16 Downing Street which was formerly known as the Foreign Office and as I recall, our office was rather dingy in appearance and it reminded me of the film “The Ipcress File” without the lure of young ladies. Selwyn Lloyd was the Foreign Secretary and a few times I used to meet him. We would chat about the weather and if it was going to interfere with the test match as we walked down to one of the other offices. He would be carrying a diplomatic bag and I would be carrying a heavy bundle of files. I sometimes came into contact with top secret files and to keep you on the straight and level you had to sign the Official Secrets Act three times per session and four times a year. The funny thing about that situation was that it never dawned on me to discuss anything about the job I did, probably because I thought it would be a boring subject to talk about and if I told some lady I was interested in going out with they would be asleep within half a minute!
I know it is a changing world when some of the things you see, you can’t believe can be true, but nine times out ten they are a fact. It is the same with most things and when they first started to televise what went on within the sanctity of the House of Commons, there were a few members fast asleep on the benches – not so these days – the House is too noisy and when you come to think these persons have your future and the world in their hands, this should make you shudder as to what the final outcome might be!
My new image might make you giggle which it is meant to do and it seems appropriate to have something funny to match the antics of our Government Members!
The above is just my opinion and anyone who wants to write to me care of the newspaper regarding the content – please do so! Swear words are not accepted.