Pinter, Power and...er...Peace! Yes.

Just been reading Harold Pinter's nobel prize aceptance speech. Beautiful. How is it that all the people who would make perfect world leaders turn out to be artists or writers or musicians? Not that all those things aren't important of course. Its because your artist doesn't want that kind of power. And things are set up so that those who want power the most are the ones who rise to the top. Like scum. These are exactly the kind of people who should never be allowed power. Look at Blair. He was all set up to step down this year then someone blows up London and suddenly he gets to look like the great statesman again. And he gets that power rush and now we're stuck with him for years. If you look at what he's actually done then his image crumbles-he's constantly put business interests ahead of the interests of the people, he's followed America like a lamb on a leash, he's started the privatisation of the NHS...I could go. But New Labour is all about image. That's why they've spent much, much more on PR consultants than any party in British history. The whole thing rests on the fact that no-one really looks at the details.
Montreal...yes, as far as I can work out they are actually going to agree on something. They're going to agree to have another conference some time in the future. This is all because some of the delegations, China and You-Know-Who in particular, are basically saying: "we don't care if the world ends as long as we're still rich when it does."
And a peace protestor from my lovely home town is going to jail for standing outside the houses of parliament and reading a list of names. I can't watch the news these days without seeing at least one thing that makes me want to puke all over the screen.
On a lighter note; Margaret Thatcher is ill. I hope that you'll all join me in wishing her a slow and agonising death. Sorry, that's cruel isn't it. OK, a quick and agonising death. Oh, what the hell, as long as she dies I'll be happy.
Bye now, take care...