onsdag 6 augusti 2008

A good time to hide bad news

If I was a politician planning to do something unpopular, I would choose the next three weeks to do it, while the media are preoccupied with the Olympic Games. I do not suppose this has passed unnoticed and it will be interesting to see if we get through to the end without something nasty happening.
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