If a country had a star sign, Britain would be an infuriating Libran. Pathologically unable to hear just one side of the argument, the tolerant (or contrarian) Brit starts to sympathise with the minority view even when the case for the prosecution seems complete.
Take Copenhagen. Just as the developed world is ready to tackle global warming, climate change deniers are attracting considerable public support. Just as bankers are hit with Alistair Darling’s tax on cash bonuses, opinion columns suggest the men and women of the City are merely scapegoats for our shared, national obsession with cash. And despite the presence of a bell tower in the latest set of MPs expenses, papers are starting to spotlight the plight of non- free-loading MPs, some of whom will stand down next year, demoralised and depressed at their collective and undeserved fall from grace.
Tiger Woods stands accused of letting down a generation of golfers, black sportsmen and loyal, stay-at-home wives. But despite mocking headlines, there’s very little real anger on display. Perhaps that’s because this morose David Gest lookalike never looked particularly happy -- even when he had a different girl on his arm (and elsewhere) every night. Perhaps Wood’s doleful demeanour is mediating the tidal fury that might otherwise have been directed towards a calculating business tycoon and shameless lothario. To read more.
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