Politics
‘Politics’ is an English plural noun, which can correctly be used with a singular or plural verb, though in the Noughties it has mostly been accompanied by a singular verb. It is the science or art (or manipulation) of government. It is the expression of political views, appropriate discussion of current affairs, the search after Truth through question and answer. In most developed countries political philosophy is a subject for study and examination at University level.
A ‘politician’ is a person taking part in politics, originally out of strong or even genuinely patriotic interest in the subject. The 20th century saw the phenomenon of persons involved in politics being paid a salary with expenses. This introduced motives of personal gain, either in wealth or power. From that moment on politicians ceased to be people interested in government alone. They were and are interested in what government (ie. politics) can bring them. It is an acknowledged fact that countries which pay their politicians well run less risk of corruption, and the opposite is, unfortunately true as well. (more…)
The Great Magistrate Pascual Sala, president of a politically correct invention called The Constitutional Court, recently found national reaction to his tribunal’s latest comedy ‘frightening’. It gave him ‘goosepimples’, he said. He was referring to a narrowly voted decision (6 to 5) to permit ETA’s political coalition BILDU to stand as candidates in the municipal elections. The Supreme Court had already made a contrary decision two weeks before. Most of us had assumed that a supreme court means just that, a court standing supreme among the Spanish judiciary. But it does not. Spain is different. In Spain the government allows another court, invented to pontificate on constitutional matters, to over-turn the Supreme Court’s sentence. No wonder most Spaniards went all doolali and voted for the GPLLDP (Gay Poodle Lovers’ Liberal Democratic Party) on Sunday 22 May. 
