Today's news stories are so ludicrous as to make me think that I am living in an increasingly insane world.
First up, Ann Soubry, a Member of Parliament whose ridiculous over-promotion in David Cameron's government is matched only by her gross arrogance, stupidity and blind adherence to all matters feminist, has now revealed herself to be utterly anti-democratic too.
It's reported that Soubry, now no more than a loud mouthed back-bencher, has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to "get a spine" and expel what she considers to be "hard ideological Brexiteers" from the Conservative Party. Needless to say, Soubry is one of the most ardent Remainers, but she seems unable to accept that there may be others who hold different views; in her world, you either agree with her or get fired.
This appalling creature has apparently told the BBC that she is willing to leave her party if the likes of Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg 'take over', and has said that the Prime Minister's Brexit "red lines" about leaving the EU's customs' union and single market are wrong.
Thankfully, a far more seasoned and intelligent voice, Lord Lamont, has said that Soubry is being "quite ridiculous", although his comment is rather lost amidst the cacophony from the lady herself, not to mention the way in which her words have been reported. Nonetheless, Lamont is quite right as are Messrs Johnson and Rees-Mogg when they call for Brexit to be real and not a sham. As for Soubry, she has always been well to the left of her party on most issues, what would have been termed a 'wet' in the days of Margaret Thatcher, and would probably be far more at home elsewhere, perhaps the wishy-washy backwaters of the Liberal Democrats who are equally enamoured of the European Union.
Soubry's entry into Parliament was on the back of David Cameron's approach of prioritising female candidates through a list system; her career has been one of rapid rise and even more rapid fall, with her taking every opportunity to shout loudly without actually doing much at all. Even this latest outburst can be seen as little more than an idle threat; would she really leave the Conservative Party and migrate to the Liberal Democrats or, worse, Corbyn's Labour, knowing that it would signal the end of her lucrative parliamentary career ?
If she truly believes what she says, rather than issuing silly threats, it is Ms Soubry who should be the one to "get a spine" and just go. She will be neither mourned nor missed.
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