Does anyone in charge have a clue? They’re less useful than cutlery

Elections no-one asked for, people doubly rewarded for being utterly hopeless – you really do have to wonder

I wrote a lot about public affairs in this blog when Tony the Bliar and Hoots McBroon were mismanaging the country, but got bored and decided to stick to waffling about marketing.

However, I could’t help noticing that last week was awash with splendid examples of the ludicrous.

We had elections last week to choose a mayor here in Bristol. Most people didn’t bother, because most people never asked to have elections for mayor. A waste of money we can’t afford by a government that promised to save it.

We could also choose a police commissioner  Even fewer people voted because nobody asked for them and nobody knew what this person is supposed to do. I’ll wager not one of the people elected knows a damn thing about police work, though. Another waste of money.

Meanwhile the idiots in charge of the BBC rewarded one of their number for doing a bad job by paying him twice as much as he was entitled to get to just fuck off. If you fell down on the job would you expect a reward?

We are returning to the days when those in charge lived entirely separate lives to the rest of us. They were called The Middle Ages.

Talking of which, all is not entirely lost. Bee Wilson has written an interesting book on the history of the fork. Part of its popularity, it seems, is due to the fact that three prongs are good for rolling spaghetti.

Far more useful than another shoal of ponces in government.