It’s General Election night in the UK tonight so I felt that a couple of vaguely on topic quotes might be good.
Note that in the absence of anyone with the razor sharp intellect & extreme political acumen of Havelock Vetinari a Tyranny is less favourable than a democracy in the UK.
Certainly none of the muppets who are likely to form a Tyranny in the UK are comparable !
“Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent, Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works. Everyone is entitled to vote, unless disqualified by reason of age or not being Lord Vetinari. “
-- Terry Pratchett
“Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.”
