Et tu "The American People?"

Spring weather has arrived, Ken Livingston is no longer Mayor of London and my baguette making is firmly in the 'Could do better' catagory.

I recently heard a doctor working in a South East London Accident and Emergency Unit talk about someone who purposely put their hand in a blender and turned it on. Apparently, they wanted to see what would happen. The result was the most horrific injury that the physician had ever seen. Did people vote for Boris Johnson in the the London Mayoral election because they wanted to see what would happen?

In the USA, the 'race' for the Democratic nomination continues into Indiana. Once again Obama and Clinton will savage each other the press, TV and more or less anyone who will listen. It's all a bit too much like Highlander for my liking. Barack is MacLeod, Hilary is The Kurgan. "There can be only one!", cries the victor as they decapatate their opponent.

My main gripe with the whole Obama/Clinton war is that the eventual victor (probably Obama) will be savagely wounded in the eyes of U.S voters. By the time the winning candidate is decided, the victor is likely to resemble the last pooch standing in a dog fight: more ready for the knackers' yard than half a dozen head-to-head debates with John McCain and the Republican machine.

And yet, there is no way I would want to see Hilary Clinton win the Democratic nomination. Surely the last thing that "The American People" need right now is a surrogate monarchy.