A recent conversation with one of my many non-registered-to-vote associates:<\/p>\n
Her: I would vote Lib Dem. If I was registered.
\nMe: You approve of Charles Kennedy, then?
\nHer: Who?
\nMe: He’s the leader.
\nHer: Oh, I thought it was Paddy Ashdown.
\nMe: I am entirely appalled at you.
\nHer: Well. But, then, you don’t know who the lead singer of the Zutons is.
\nMe: That’s true. But The Zutons are not affecting the way this country is run.
\nHer: But my life is arranged around gigs and music. The Zutons affect the way MY life is run. So what’s the difference?<\/p>\n
I no longer wonder how Germany let the Nazis get in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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