Gordon On Tour

Gordon`s big G2 moment approaches .He will address both houses of Congress, and must be dreaming of going out a chorus girl and coming back a star. Its all a bit odd really , I have to remind myself that he is the Prime minister .He has not won an election here and he hardly won an election in the Labour Party . When John Lennon was asked if Ringo Star was the best drummer in the world he replied , “He’s not even the best drummer in the Beatles” ,(Paul McCartney was ). That’s of Brown`s problem if he is going to try and look statesmanlike . Churchill pulled it off but then he was not personally implicated in the problem , which may have helped lend gravitas to his suggestions
Still ,the great Fife fearty will no doubt try to emphasise how much an old Scots collectivist is like the young purveyor of theatrical guff . I`d guess Obama enjoys a European socialist congratulating him on spending about as much an adolescent girl would like like her mother , bedecked in Top Shop finery, insist they are going clubbing together.... . Anyway ,quisling New Labour apologist ,and unsavoury element Hopi Sen has devised the perfect intro for the great Awk . Its an interesting exercise and a fun read as always
It strikes me that a socialist talking to the States has to plot a delicate course between dishonesty and insult . Hopi has tried to resolve it by conflating the socialists idea of freedom ,( Free to access other people’s money …) and the shared Conservative and US Protestant tradition of the individual owning his own conscience and cash. Its skilfully done , I assume , in that I detest every syllable, although I could really do without the long maundering apology for the British Empire .Do we have to be quite so craven ?
I suspect Americans will decode and re -confirm that if Liberty consists of removing 70% of your money and handing it back in Commie-vouchers ,you can stuff it . I shall be interested to see if Hopi is on the mark , but most people in the UK are actually far less interested in abroad than the Metropolitan media would like. I fear the Scot will remain a chorus girl.
Meanwhile Harperson wheels about the sky over the wounded beast sharpening her talons . Join me please in a silent prayer for her succesful kill. I have thought that Brown was the worst possible choice for a leader but the prospect of the fem-bot triumphing recalls a bit of bard "The worst is not,So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'Make it so.