A Bit Of Bluster

Monitoring the news this morning I happened to catch the bit of video in which that dope from the Tories tried to sell 'Cameron-time' to the team who set the trap for him. Interesting to note that if he hadn't been caught in his full crass glory how likely it is he would have denied it all - or claimed that it was all sort of legal anyway. The value of these exposes lies in the ugly precision with which they expose the grimly tawdry reality of the behaviour of these characters.

The dope, a classic wide-boy if ever there were one, himself acknowledged the 'bluster' underlying all this - the emptiness of someone who's never quite grown up showing-off to make himself feel better. And, of course, that leads to the disturbing thought that his bluster probably helped him to a position of some considerable importance on the greasy pole of British politics. It certainly doesn't appear to have hindered his ascent.

Sometimes the bottom is a good place to be. (Correction: it's always a good place to be.)