Seen It All Before

 Does it really matter who the British Prime Minister is? The next person who fills the role will sweat under the same sun as the current one does, bow before the same wind.

Nevertheless the media make a great to-do about it- and once again we're treated to the spectacle of an office holder clinging on by their fingertips and refusing to let go. This particular one is deeply unpopular, is being buffeted by scandals both personal and political and has just presided over an election that was disastrous for his party. "I'll change," he says, "I'll prove the doubters wrong" - just like the half dozen Prime Ministers before him. There are only so many times you can watch Harold Lloyd dangle from the clock face and still find it thrilling and funny......