My wife declared herself politicked out this morning. I suspect she is far from alone.<\/p>\n
There is almost universal annoyance amongst people I know (by no means all politically active) \u00a0with the Tories for still being in office when it is readily apparent that they ran out of any good reasons to stay long ago.<\/p>\n
We all know we face a general election campaign with an almost forgone conclusion. The debate can only be over the detail.<\/p>\n
We also know that Labour is refusing to debate the detail, at least as yet, but possibly at all.<\/p>\n
The consequence is that this does not even feel like a period of anticipation. It feels much more like a period of dulled silence whilst we await the arrival of yet another government whose only aim is to disappoint, shackled as it is by its dedication to everything that has failed for at least forty years.<\/p>\n
Being politicked out is one possible reaction to that.<\/p>\n
I continue to dream of something better. I suspect my wife does too. But she was not reading politics this morning. I suspect she is far from alone with her disillusionment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"