I’m beginning to think there is something to the whole pagan idea of sacrificing people to appease the gods. While headlines and alarmist reports of studies indicate that virgins are becoming quite scarce here, Labour politicians are quite abundant. Well, that is they were quite abundant until the elections tossed a load of them into the volcano. This clearly pleased Gaia / Huitzilopochtli / L. Ron Hubbard as we now have sunny weather!

It’s a great time to be in London, unless you happen to be one of the aforementioned sacrificial lambs. While everybody else enjoys the wonderful weather—complete with sun!— the Labour party seems to be firmly entrenched in what is shaping up to be the summer of their discontent.

I couldn’t vote in the election due to my Yanqui-ness but it was pretty hard not to follow it in the papers. Ken Livingstone is no longer mayor, a fact that I consider a distinct improvement over him being mayor. During the elections when he would crow about his achievements, he always listed transportation first. I’m not sure if you realised it Ken, but the transportation isn’t all that reliable and is obscenely expensive. He always struck me as somebody who is a terribly earnest acolyte of ‘his’ causes but rather incompetent in creating effectual policies. Combined with his supersized ego, that’s a dangerous combination in a politician.

So now we have the ‘Blonde Buffoon’, Boris! I’m pretty happy about that because: a) he’s far more entertaining and b) he’s not Ken Livingstone. Boris has now banned alcohol on public transport which I support because I always thought it was weird that it was legal to drink on the bus. He’s pissed off at least one transport union with that and since their strike last year, they engender little sympathy from me, so I consider that a good start.

So now I look forward to a brilliantly sunny weekend and one where we will most likely attempt a BBQ with friends. Please, please let this be a sign of a good summer ahead. There aren’t that many Labour pols left.

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