Edward Snowden? I cannot see what the fuss was about.
A truly Alternative Christmas Message would have been delivered by Neil Clark or by Rod Liddle.
But which of them is now Comrade Madiba, and why?
Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
You should do it. Comrade Madiba David Lindsay.
ReplyDeleteBy resolution of the National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa, subject to ratification by the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party?
ReplyDeleteOr by resolution of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, subject to ratification by the National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa?
Popes have been chosen by stranger means than that, and arguably still are. Or see the role of the British monarch as Head of the Commonwealth. There are many more examples, historically and contemporary.