Stupid Boy

I blogged on Friday:

It is a pity that George Osborne never tied in his Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine projects with his pioneering participation in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Nevertheless, Philip Hammond is making overtures towards the Belt and Road Initiative, a potentially crossparty recognition that the future is coming and that Britain needs to be part of it.

Not only is this right up the street of the people closest to Corbyn, however sections of his fan base might appear (see also Brexit, among other things), but Danny Alexander is already the Vice-President and Corporate Secretary of the AIIB. Whom does that leave?

Well, it leaves the Yellow Peril and Red Scare weirdos on the Conservative benches and in their media, exemplified by that funny little man who wanted to send a gunboat or some such to the South China Sea. Isn't he on the National Security Council? I only ask.

And now, we know the answer. He should now go away, and shut up. That was in the script, by the way. He intended to say it. I hope that he and the toy plane that he should always have had instead of a portfolio will be very happy together. Now to give the job to someone without a khaki fetish or a dose of the Yellow Peril.

Beyond that, another hung Parliament is coming, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. It has become a local commonplace that I am on 30-30-30 with Labour and the Conservatives here at North West Durham, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. I will stand for this seat, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.