The last Bush to town

27 September 2005

Isn't it a shame that the people best suited to lead nations don't want to lead nations? Instead you get egotistical megalomaniacs, whose personal interests routinely take presidence over the interests of their homeland or the rest of the world. Consider how many wars are fought to improve the popularity of a leader pre-election or to quell popular dissent.

Of course, most normal people are too sensitive to take the daily venomous criticism which goes with the role without experiencing remorse or self-doubt. And the requirement to constantly deceive is surely not for the decent.

Here, then, is the perfect profile for a world leader:

* Intelligent, but not too much so, otherwise he'll have too many ideas but not enough solutions
* Allergic to personal wealth or privilege
* Willing to tolerate others with very different beliefs and national institutions
* Willing to listen , admit when wrong and change direction when necessary
* Avoid politicising everyday issues
* Give benign experts more power and resources
* Do what's right rather than popular
* Shower at least once a day
* Never wear denim in public
* Play the harp during important meetings
* Sit at the controls of a tank in the middle of a circle of delegates at world summits, pointing the tank's gun at anyone who disagrees
* Make British beef the only legal beef in France
* Nuke Iceland

Simple really.

There endeth this blog. Stay tuned!