Politics - Such a Turn Off

Can't quite make my mind up about what is the biggest turn off - politics or the X Factor. Pretty close thing I would say.

To sum up the current political situation purely from a personal point of view of course. We have a prime minister who is not wanted, a leader of the opposition who is unelectable and a leader of the Lib Dems who is an irrelevancy. So just where do we go from here? Where are the people with charisma and where to the point are the people with genuine policies? I loved Ed Miliband's latest gem - expecting workers to take pay cuts to save their jobs. Dear Ed must be very naive if he thinks pay cuts will save jobs!! Of course everyone would love to voluntarily earn less whilst we are in a vast recession where things are hard but prices continue to soar. Mr Miliband has managed in one swoop to alienate the Unions and half his own party. Is this really a man capable of becoming Prime Minister? To me British politics are in a mess - fuelled by self centred arrogance where the man or woman in the street is expected to foot the fat cat bill whilst finding themselves in serious financial difficulties. What we need is a leader that stands up for the people, a people's champion and not somebody that toadies to the rich whilst selling the poor down the river. IMHO.

Last night's Hethersett pantomime Dick Whittington was the usual misx of colour and fun and thoroughly enjoyable. Much of the fun in village pantos comes from the fact that those on stage seem to be enjoying themselves as much as the audience and there are plenty of in village jokes. The best bits are where the cast forget their lines and start ad libbing. Hethersett village panto is definitely one of the highlights of the village year - two hours when you can forget your troubles and just have a good time.