All governments decay. The distinguishing feature of this one is the rapidity of the rotAll biological matter is rotted by time. Bread grows mouldy. Cheese becomes stinky. Bananas turn black. Leaders proceed the same way. Decay is a fact of power. Prime ministers run out of ideas and road. They become exhausted and voters weary of their governments. Broken promises,internal contradictions and accumulated enemies catch up with all but the very luckiest. Elements of a prime minister’s character that were applauded as virtues when they first took office are attacked as vices when they approach the conclude.
So the unusual thing about this government is not that it is decaying. The distinguishing feature is the rapidity of the rot. Theresa May has been prime minister for less than 16 months, but her government already has the reek of camembert that has been at the back of the fridge for too long.
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Source: guardian.co.uk