Rowling on single parenting and the Tories

[bumblemusprime]

I know [composite word including 'f*ck']-all about English politics, but this is worth a read for Rowling's thoughts on welfare from both sides of her Cinderella story.

English people, feel free to educate me on the nature of your King, Parliament, and red-coated soldiers with funny wigs.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 096786.ece

Money shot: "I cannot help feeling, therefore, that it would have been contemptible to scarper for the West Indies at the first sniff of a seven-figure royalty cheque. This, if you like, is my notion of patriotism. On the available evidence, I suspect that it is Lord Ashcroft’s idea of being a mug."

[Best First]

i love JK Rowling.

And now i love her a little bit more.

Some quite amazing venom in the comments, no doubt from people who consider themselves 'decent'.

And for the record, being a so called champagne socialist is ace - i mean what's not to like? Share the bubbles i say.

[Jack Cade]

Rowling is a mediocre writer, imo, but this is a worthwhile article.

Some quite amazing venom in the comments, no doubt from people who consider themselves 'decent'.

There's so much of this around that I sometimes think 'decent' needs to be redefined as 'nauseatingly needy, ill-mannered, selfish, prattish, twattish and dull'.

[Best First]

And they seem so wilfully pissed off all the time.

Don't get me wrong, i get annoyed at stuff. But this manifests itself in sublimely humourous dissections of All Hail Megatron and then i move on.

Surely, given that life doesn't seem to actually be that bad for the majority of these people, it takes a whole lot of effort to be that miserable about the world?

And now i realise i am generalising about a group of people i have never met who probably don't quite exist and i am as bad as anyone.

How annoying! Grr.

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