Now, wash your mouth out with soap

Political hypocrisy - don't you hate it?

No matter how 'sophisticated', my contempt for any hypocrisy, from any profession, is total.

ps: For "uptight, right hypocrites", I'd suggest selfishly, self-interestedly, self-delusional... at best... might be a wee bit closer the mark.

IMHO, that we have now a politco/media establishment class who see 'Don't do as I do; do as I say' as a valid motivational piece of leadership explains quite a lot about where 'we' find ourselves these days.

Alastair Campbell's legendary college antics

Michael White has an essay on political hypocrisy this very day.

Many in the media would do well to read it... and this. Then look in a mirror... then look in their photo albums.

The idea that young (predominantly) men got gussied up in twatty outfits, drank too much and behaved 'poorly' in their late teens/early twenties.

The very idea.

Must have been a riot hanging out with most NuLab pols and their Westminster Village Useful Idiot cheerleading mates back when they were in short woolly knickers, drinkin' 1/2 pints and lecturing the huddled masses on their evil ways.

Lord help my boys should they ever be tempted into 'public service'. Prom night at their very fine state secondary usually results in some awesome material for the po-faced commissars of class: DJ's, stretch limos, etc.

I must caution them to cease having a life right away lest a stray spinner be given an outing by a compliant media matey. Or... not.