Risky business
OPINION: In the same way that even a stopped clock is right twice a day, economists sometimes get it right.
Next month, when you’re at the supermarket, buy an inexpensive item that will enhance your political career.
No, it’s not cheese, but rather a roll of duct tape.
It is guaranteed to seal off the mouth and prevent you from making embarrassing gaffes.
It can also be applied to the feet to anchor them to the ground so that they don’t stray into your mouth should that duct tape around the mouth perchance fail.
Meantime, Sam, if you don’t use the full roll, you can offer it to other MPs – of all political hues – who, from time to time, open their mouths and let the wind blow their tongues around.
