It’s pantoland – oh, no it’s not!
Although ‘it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas’ and it's turning cold and miserable enough for us all to be ‘walking in a winter wonderland’ before much longer, I'm beginning to think that we are living in Pantoland these days with all that is going on with the governments of the UK in the fight against Covid-19 and with the other issue of Brexit.
With apologies for mixing my pantomime heroes and villains and references to other Christmas stories, I think that Jafar, the tall, swarthy but evil-intentioned one from Aladdin (Rishi Sunak) is busy purloining as much as he can from businesses on the High Street with the aim of succeeding to the crown in due course.
Our deserted and dilapidated towns and cities will soon provide homes for Oliver Twist and the likes of Fagin's gang, and Bill Sykes will be making his fortune as a loan shark for those who have lost their livelihoods and find themselves in dire straits.
Wishee Washee, the dithering one from No 10 (Boris), doesn't seem able to make up his mind or make a decision and apparently defers to the magic fairy Tinkerbell (Carrie Symonds) before making any pronouncements. Both seem to live in Never
Never Land. The Ugly Sisters (Matt Hancock and Gavin Williamson) also seem to be inept at their jobs, while looking to fill the shoes of others, while Michael Gove strides around as Buttons, claiming that he doesn't want anything, whilst secretly coveting everything that has so far not been within his grasp.
The Fairy Godmother (Ursula von der Leyen) claims she knows the path to freedom, but it seems that no-one has yet followed her trail of breadcrumbs and most of the Brexit negotiators are stumbling around like the Babes in the Wood lost and forlorn, while the lorries on either side of the channel are queued along the Yellow Brick Road.
Baron Hardup (Keir Starmer) seems to be criticising everyone and everything and predicting dire consequences for all but without ever providing any suggestions or answers to the situations that exist.
Meanwhile Dick Whittington, the Mayor of London but minus his cat (Sajid David) seems to be blaming anyone and everyone for the situation in London and appears ready to ‘turn again’.
It seems to me that most of our politicians are only suitable for the roles of clowns or slapstick artists, who indulge in the obligatory custard pie fight which is a staple of
So many changes have been made, that it is no wonder that people are confused. EVELYN GRANT
so many pantomimes.
However, the serious side of this is the abject failure of everyone to ensure that all of us wherever we live are aware of the ‘rules and regulations’ over Christmas and how we should behave and respect these. So many changes have been made, that it is no wonder that people are confused.
My husband and I are very lucky in that our family are all local and we have been able to see everyone at various times through the year, and