Not Exactly Inspiring

We're now packing to spend the end of this month and most of December in the UK. I can't honestly say I'm thrilled to be going to not-so-sunny Manchester at the back end of the year, though it will be good to see friends & family. Most of all I'm not exactly keen to have a close encounter with the messy election going wearily on, and what is likely to be its even messier aftermath. It's painful to think of the politics of the land of one's birth as faintly humiliating. Mind you, things could be worse. At least we're not going to the US of A.