Erm?

[poliphilo]

Nick Clegg- the new leader of the Lib Dems- has appointed the musician and all-round avant-garde weird guy Brian Eno as his "advisor on youth affairs".

Eno will be 60 next year.

Comments

[upasaka.livejournal.com]

Still, that's a pretty cool thing. I can't imagine (say) Lou Reed being offered such a position in the U.S.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's a little too cool. It's an example of a middle-aged politician trying to show that he's "down with the kids" and getting it (not so) subtly wrong.