Local chap becomes Prime Minister

Following a long job selection process, a local resident got a job running the country. 

 

How these two men from very different political stances come to agree on a common project to run the country  is anyone's guess. One thing seems certain: they're not ideologues so they are not as bound by it as others are. That frees 

them up to take a more pragmatic approach which may well shock more rigorous sensibilities. 

If there was to be a difference, as something new, then this surely is it: it is not so much a matter of  

emphasis of style over content, but rather the understanding that they can bring together common ground for a shared purpose - a practical rather than a philosophical approach. We cannot imagine what old tory peers like Lord Tebbit may be thinking... this sort of thing doesn't happen here... it's a continental thing... and Scottish.

Even the new opposition was caught with its trousers down and already the new candidates are talking about the politics of the future (!!!???). What this all means is yet uncertain as there are equal weights to trust a new political environment ( i.e., how politics are conducted – more constructive and collaborative by nature), or to fear it for dumbing it down altogether. Maybe they just happen to be ahead of the game or they are going so fast that they will crash at the first hurdle...

 

 

Still, while we witnessed the historical moment, it's good to bear in mind that the UK divorce rate is rather high, and white weddings are a gimmick more than a reality. While the bells across the land celebrate in awe the unlikely new relationship, we individually have all been there sometime in our lives ... i.e., where we set differences apart and work with common principles and outlooks to make a relationship work. 

But familiarity breeds its own dose of contempt and soon cracks start appearing: dirty socks in the middle of a cabinet meeting,  someone's else's knickers on the budget case, your partner suddenly develops foul breath, they seem to want you to become someone you are not, etc, etc. Then... the whole thing breaks apart overnight, to one's great surprise and disgust, much like when a fly lands in one's soup... or sour milk in the tea... (worse still, in the morning). 

Now, undoubtedly some of us can make it work too. But then we don't have the weight of expectation of several million voters and different party politics to contend with...maybe the in-laws, but overall it's a rather more private and individual process. Not so with the current political partnership. While a new band of politicians marches into the corridors of No10 and Whitehall, it remains to be seen if they can all tune up their political whistles to the same sound of music. We wish them luck for the sake of this country, but we wonder if this parliament will run its full term, before this newborn  alliance runs out of babies' nappies.

 

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