Insult To Injury

[Stephen Edwards]

So it is true then. In today's gaga Britain where absurdities morph seamlessly into the commonplace it is hard to be surprised any more. It is hard to be astonished by any single twist emanating from the body of the political elite snake. It seems the bewildered people of the UK are, apparently, to be recipients of a bright, shiny, new president of the EU.

That such a vacuous, unelected position should be created and foisted upon the people of Europe is bad enough. That Tony Blair could soon be sitting in the, no doubt richly upholstered, chair of said president is unconscionable. (It,s apt that in the Merriam-Webster dictionary the example given for the word "unconscionable" is "a politician with an unconscionable disregard for the truth").

For many people even a passing glimpse of Blair is likely to bring on an acute attack of nausea. Sadly for me, memory impairment associated with the ageing process appears not to extend to the central figure of the Blair years and he still lurks, like a Vanish resistant stain. So the prospect of this discredited man, presumably as "Head Of The EU Super State", grinning out from newspapers, TV interviews and embedded in web pages is not a happy one.

How far will this go? Will Blair smirk down from public buildings on a sickened populace? Will he appear on postage stamps, leaving a really bad taste in the mouth? Imagine if the contagion was to spread to notes and coins. The prospect of that face staring back at me whenever I open my wallet is more than enough motivation, if such were needed, to spend less. Will he have a presidential residence? More to the point will there be an expenses system that will allow him, for old times sake, to "flip" palaces?

I do not recall voting to be represented by a president of the EU (although I do vaguely recall stumbling over the debris of a broken promise on an EU membership referendum) and doubtless I will not be asked to vote on who the president will be.

The EU is already top heavy enough, weighed down with members of the political class and their worker bee bureaucrats. Furthermore, what deep desire do we have that will be satisfied by the addition of this office? The injury of our undemocratic EU membership must not be compounded by the insult of El Presidente Blair.

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