Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, 2024 parliamentary candidate for North Durham, 2028 candidate for Mayor of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Wednesday 24 November 2010
Olympic Rings and Future Kings
For all the whingeing about what, in the great scheme of things, will be the negligible cost of Prince William's wedding, we seem perfectly happy to host the one thing that, above all others, is guaranteed to bankrupt every city and every country that gives it house room. Still, at least we have probably blown any chance of the World Cup as well. Here's hoping, anyway. After that, we'd have had to have gone cap in hand to the Irish.
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