Enlightened Utterings From The Clown Show Files...

In the clown show of the Liberal Leadership race (the Tory strategist that labelled it so was brilliant) managed to utter some humourous enlightenement into the boring fray of politics as to why anyone would be nuts enough to to actually "run":

"Politics does appeal to that slightly irrational side of everybody's brain," agrees a senior Tory who's recruited candidates in the past.

"Although people can articulate all of the reasons they shouldn't do it, they still end up doing it. It's a little like dealing with an addiction."(link)

Poor Politicos. Maybe they should form a support group for "politicos anonymous"?