Apples, pears and swallows…
Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Eureka! Something is definitely stirring in the political undergrowth. Early this morning I went to buy some apples (English) from the greengrocer near to where I live during the week in Central London. Over the years, these shopping forays have been quite erratic. The reason is simple. The shop owner is a lifelong Labour supporter who has attacked me remorselessly for every conceivable ill afflicting the country, although I suspect it has largely been a case of a plague on all your houses. However his verbal energies have definitely been directed towards attacking Conservatives virulently and most specifically. The sheer intensity of these attacks have been a little draining before 8 o’ clock in the morning.
Cautiously, therefore, this morning I asked him how he was. The reply was truly amazing. He is now fed up with this Government, thinks taxes are too high and it is time to have us back.
Does one swallow really herald a political spring? I suspect so and I suspect the swallows will return this year more quickly than we think.