Not Quite the Thing

Despite the glittering progress of our democracy - from the olden days, when failure or crookery in public service meant at least temporary ejection from the gravy train, to the present and continuing careers of Graybeing, Hunt and the brilliant Duncan Smith - it seems there still remain a few who believe that circumstances can arise in which a minister, even a colonial minister, might care to consider their position. The minister in this case is the Northern Ireland secretary, a scrounging toff by the name of Theresa Villiers. Since Britain's Head Boy has decided that the Government will be facing both ways on the referendum, Villiers seems likely to campaign in favour of allowing the Euro-wogs to secede from the mainland; which in the opinion of the Social Democratic Labour Party would risk stoking sectarian tensions and causing severe economic damage. It would certainly never do for anyone in Villiers' migrant-bashing, Muslim-baiting, wog-bombing, banker-smooching party to risk anything of that sort.