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Friday 5 March 2021

A different kind of political world

 




Lots of common sense from Neil Oliver. When did it become uncommon? We'll have to stop using the term. 

3 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Good stuff towards the end on the incomprehensibility of lots of modern language. And I like the bit about how telling the truth makes life simpler because you don't have to remember anything. I think the two points are related, in that people get jobs and public positions through lying, and then have to embark upon a career of perpetual obscurantism in order to survive.

The Jannie said...

One of the sayings passed down through the memsahib's family: "a liar has to have a good memory"

A K Haart said...

Sam - and that career of perpetual obscurantism suits like-minded colleagues. As if entire organisations fail to keep things simple by encouraging truthfulness and eventually become mired in complexities.

Jannie - many members of the political classes seem to give up on that and rely on brazening it out.