[lit-ideas] Re: Brain yoga
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 08:21:49 -0700
Excerpt from this morning's "Scotsman":
Douglas Alexander is expected to be brought back from exile as foreign trad=
e
minister. Ed Balls, Mr Brown=B9s former chief economic adviser, is expected t=
o
be promised a fast-track career. Mr Balls=B9 wife, Yvette Cooper, is expected
to be promoted from the Cabinet Office, while Alistair Darling, the
Transport and Scottish Secretary, is counted by Mr Brown=B9s allies as one of
them - and will be central to a Brown government.
Questions: does Ed's wife hyphenate? Why don't we hear about Darling's
mate? What is Alisdair's term of endearment for any such person? Will a
Brown government be green? Is it possible to go off the rails on a
fast-track career? Is having been in exile a good move for a potential
foreign trade minister? Does linking "Transport" and "Scottish" imply some
sort of recurrence of the Highland Clearances...the Glasgow clearances
perhaps, making more room for culture in the "City of Culture"? How do we
know that a man named Darling is "one of them"?
And now, work.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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