Often I am horrified myself when I think of my responsibility; for the Government persecutes us, and the absurd legislation that rules us is a veritable Damocles' sword over our heads.
Gustave Flaubert - Madame Bovary - 1856
Leaping gracefully from Gustave Flaubert to Rachel Reeves, we might remind ourselves that her forthcoming Budget is intended to be a Damocles' sword generating a mild sense of unease then a temporary sense of escape when it finally fails to fall.
Afterwards, life is a little worse than it need be but it trundles on with Damocles' sword still suspended over us, doing its job.
Government persecutes us, and the absurd legislation that rules us... yes it's still absurd and it still rules us.
It’s a technique.
It’s a technique.
2 comments:
Never mind ... worse things happen in Somalia.
James - yes, much worse.
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