hi charles,
i must admit that the ghoul in me has thoroughly enjoyed your recent mugging. the reality beneath the airbrushed surface of british politics has been wondrous to behold. very hieronymus bosch if i may say so.
you really should have gone earlier you know. had you done so your loyal assassins could have continued their writhing and spitting masked amongst the shadows. and the great british public would not have been able to tell whether they were smiling benignly or baying for your blood. they know now.
but you chose to stay. and put up a fight. which drew the not-so-great and the less-good-than-you-might-expect out into the open. i bet rab c nesbit was proud of you.
and not only rab. perhaps british voters were heartened to see some real blood on the tracks. if you achieved nothing else at least you have exposed your own humanity. flawed like the rest of us maybe, but none the worse for that. a reasuring spectacle amongst the ineffectual suits and conforming automatons that populate the corridors of power.
yes charles you should have gone earlier. by your own admission you do have a problem with the drink. and that is going to take some coming to terms with. you aren't going to be out of that one in a fortnight, mate. so schtum now and head for cover. get some help. and, when you have found a way to manage your condition, re-enter the fray.
as the prodigal returned your political capital could be massive. especially in a country which is waking up to its own ugly dream of excessive boozing. and of course you will not suffer from the blood stained hands with which your erstwhile friends are now tainted. not so much 'ming the merciless' as 'et tu mingus?' treachery, especially in public, has never been an endearing trait. and we all like a fighter.
so head down, get help and then prepare your comeback.
cheers
patrick ellis
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