Ties that blind

A new government, the first coalition government in decades.

Now of course, policies are important. Budget cuts, schools reform, political reform. But consider this. The Conservatives are blue; the Liberal Democrats are yellow. The text colour of their coalition agreement? Green. Nice.

On the important topic of colours, although I'm warming to David Cameron I'm not warming to his ties. Watery blue tie after watery blue tie; isn't it time for some bold blues, glamorous greens and potent purples? That's what people voted for. Britain is at its best when its Prime Minister's ties are at their boldest.

By the way that last phrase is trademarked, you can't just use that.

The colours of summer are the colours of bare flesh, shirtless men shimmering in the glinting sun. This is proof, if proof was needed, that not all men are created equal. Some have more of the clay of life than others; clearly in this regard more is evidently not better. Others are slim and sculpted, and will therefore have no defence in court when they are savaged by randy heat-crazed plebs.

Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century, creating masterpieces that blew apart convention and shook the art world to its very core. Today I rearranged the hoops in my Cheerios to spell 'oooooo'.