I suppose that it's obligatory to note that today is Peter Hammill's 74th birthday. It's also Guy Fawkes Night (aka bonfire night), a celebration that played only a small part in my early years, and none at all afterwards. But blowing up Parliament ... that's something that I wouldn't mind doing today, in view of the results of the Israeli general election held a few days ago.
I want to quote a paragraph from "The Rotters Club" (by Jonathan Coe) that takes place on Bonfire night
He held the sparkler up in front of my face and said, "Wait, wait".
I was already waiting. What else was there to do?
"Here you are", he said. "Look. What's this?"
At that precise moment, his sparkler fizzled out. I didn't say anything,
so he supplied the answer himself. "The death of the socialist dream", he
said....
But it was never going to happen. If there had ever been a time when it might have happened, that time was slipping away. The moment had passed. Goodbye to all that.
Indeed, I feel very much that the socialist dream is over in Israel as well,
when there are only four MKs elected (out of 120) that belong to a socialist
party. Our time has slipped away, our moment has passed.
This day in blog history:
| Blog # | Date | Title | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1272 | 05/11/2019 | Draft thesis review | DBA |
| 1355 | 05/11/2020 | First rain | Personal, Weather |
| 1435 | 05/11/2021 | Counting beats with Van der Graaf Generator (3) | Van der Graaf Generator, Time signatures |
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