The recycling bin of political promises

I was watching as Liz Truss announced her plans as leader of the disunited kingdom over in not-so-great Britain. She’s got some fresh ideas! She will build schools and hospitals, create lots of well-paying green-economy jobs, and cut taxes. Yawn… Like nobody’s heard that shit before! I owe that pithy title to the Farm Manager, who was reminiscing about when she was a youthful activist 40 years ago, being in Queens Park making a speech about universal day-care. Forty years ago! Well, PM Fluffy was the most recent pol to squeeze a few votes out of that one, but good luck finding one of those $10/day spaces. It’s the same old same old all over again… for the umpteenth time. Even Her Royal Highness QE2, who’d just green-lit Liz Truss as the new PM of UK the day before, was so disgusted with our politics she decided it was time to go to the proverbial better place.