Archive for July, 2010
Ditch the spin doctors – The Nurse proposes ‘human’ politicians
The Nurse has noticed an interesting political phenomenon. Since the UK General Election she’s heard interviews with ex-MPs. And they’ve all had major personality transplants. What’s going on? As MPs these people never answered a straight question. They prevaricated, delayed, obfuscated, avoided responsibility and played the blame game. Some even had body language coaching, which just made them look… well, weird. Outside politics, [...]
Reasons to be cheerful… one, two, three
It’s a lovely summer’s day. The Nurse can smell the scent of flowers drifting through her tiny, barred cell window. And the skylarks are belting out their tumbling, trilling arias on the moors outside. In a rare mellow mood, The Nurse is feeling uncannily cheerful. Here’s her top three reasons for digging out her dusty smile and pinning it to her face. First, the [...]
