When Johny Met Sally

Ah me ...sigh..lackaday , I have been musing on that strange and wonderful thing "love" , Consider this couplet from Good Morrow by John Donne:
If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee.
“ A dream of thee”…. Donne has in mind Plato`s theory of love, in which eternally joined souls are split by their entry into the body, and soul calls to soul from within , when true lovers meet .It is then not just a meeting, but a moment of recognition, a coming home . From such ideas ,ubiquitous in English love poetry ,we inherit commonplaces like “The other half “ and “Soul mate” .English pop music in its yearning moments still returns to this deep well
“ You know I think I recognise you face but I `v never seen you before …
You gotta roll with it …” ( Oasis)
Thus in a pleasurable reverie on 'perfect Union ,I spent the train journey home to Lewes . My eye beam was yanked, however , to an interview in the Standard about John Bercow`s wife the would be Labour Councillor and CV fabricator Sally … She seemed…‘peculiar’ as old Ma N would say .What can one make of little John`s soul-mate ., hisn "Other half "
“…. "Oh, yes, we argue about a lot. He's still very Eurosceptic, I'm pro-European.
"I'm really keen on Harriet Harman ……(David Cameron ) "He's just a merchant of spin. …." Sally wishes to be a Labour MP although such gobby mentalists talents would surely be better employed on “I`m a celebrity” but I digress .How does that work then?
Whilst conjoined souls is a high benchmark is it really plausible that any politically commited Conservative could omit to smother such a prize prat with regretful but firm resolve ? On expenses she has a good story
“... their autistic son was disturbed by the heavy red décor. "It really did bother him a lot, otherwise we would not have asked ..." Ok I`ll buy that ( cough cough harrrumph …..) at a stretch ,but what about this …
“..evident dislike of Conservatives,( did she try to ) lure her husband to Labour.... "..but he's a Tory through and through." Is he now …?
I call bullshit . Not for the first time ,I am tempted to go and help Mr. Farrage . Sally`s car crash personality might add to the gaiety of a Nation ( which loves to see desperate z-listers humiliated), but if she is not going to eat Kanagroo`s penis and drown in cockroaches ..is it worth it ?