I was watching an interview today with Chris Huhne, one of
the members of the coalition government. Only watching, note; listening would
have been too much like self-flagellation. What kept my eyes glued to the set
was the Rt Honourable Member’s hair.
Now, it’s long been known that American people-in-the-public-eye,
like politicians, TV journalists and so on, have their heads shaved and the
missing hair replaced with stiff plastic wigs. I mean, nobody could have real hair like that, could they? Now it
seems the Brits are following suit. Should I admire them, perhaps, for the
sacrifice they’re prepared to make in the name of gaining power and celebrity?
I assume the reason they do it is because they’re possessed
of the notion that looking excruciatingly tidy and overly manicured encourages
confidence in their abilities on the part of the Great American and British publics. What
worries me is that they’re probably right. And that is yet another reason
to stay outside the tram lines.
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