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You might have noticed something since the beginning of the month. There's a lot less politicians mouthing off. This is because they're all on their long hols which will carry on till the autumn leaves are swirling and the rest of us ordinary folk have long ago gone back to the hamster wheel. And, you know what? The world hasn't exactly ground to a halt ‘cos the secretary of state for waste paper bins or whatever is out the building for three months. In fact, no one gives a monkeys apart from the media who've got nothing to fill their pages now that Ed Boring is no longer having a go at Ed Even-Duller. What it proves is that when the politicians are away life just goes on like usual, as if they never existed and that's basically ‘cos they don't actually do anything useful that anyone would notice. So I'll tell you what I conclude from this long, welcome period of silence from our so-called representatives. I say to them ‘you've proved your point by clearing off for three months. ‘I've got a suggestion. ‘Why not clear off forever. ‘Now sling your hook.' That should save a few squillion, not to mention flogging off all those offices and turning Number 10 into a museum. Same again, mate, and make it a lager top…

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White Van Man on holidaying politicians

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