Re: What a horrible waste of time and money
"enact the expressed will of the people"
The expressed will of around 1/3 of the voting population some of whom then admitted it was just intended as a protest vote. As Kipling wrote
Holy priesthood, holy king or holy people's will
Have no truck with the senseless thing - order the guns and kill!
Just the expression "people's will" has unpleasant historical echoes. It's irrational, and irrational people who have been stirred up by demagogues do stupid things - as the Athenians and the Germans found out. Stuff Michael Gov e and his anti-academic views, they weren't exactly good for education. We need some real experts, and not politicians parroting whatever their backers have told them to say.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
