Objections of a clown.

A prize-winning international musical clown David Konyot wrote a letter to the editor of The Guardian newspaper in Britain objecting to the comparison between his profession and the workings of the British Parliament. Use of the word "circus" to describe chaotic scenes in the House of Commons was inappropriate because, "Unlike the comparison, the press constantly draws, a clown and indeed a circus must be orderly and efficient to work properly. And in the case of the circus, it takes teamwork -- which is the opposite of the impression the press gives." At least you can hear what MPs say in the British Parliament but in India no work is done for days on end because of slogan shouting by the opposition. The British parliament has Prime Minister's Questions where the Prime Minister (PM) has to answer questions asked by members but in India the PM is under no such obligation. Any attempt at comparing politicians with clowns or any other honorable profession, considered derogatory, will be swiftly punished as sedition under Section 124a of the Indian Penal Code, enacted by the British to subjugate Indians to their tyranny. British PM Theresa May has brokered a deal with the European Union which has been condemned both by those who want to remain and those who want to leave at any cost. "The withdrawal agreement is less a carefully crafted diplomatic compromise and more the result of incompetence of a high order," wrote former Governor of the Bank of England (BOE) Mervyn King. "it is time to think again, and the first step is to reject a deal that is the worst of all worlds." King thinks that a no deal Brexit would be better and rejects the assessment by the BOE that it would be disastrous for the British economy. "It (the BOE) warned that Britain would face the deepest economic slump since World War II if the country left without a deal. In the worst case scenario, GDP would contract by 8 percent within a year, the pound would drop by 25 percent, property prices would plunge, and unemployment would rise by 7.5 percent." Not just the BOE, but the government's own study predicted that the GDP would contract by as much as 10.7 percent over 15 years in the worst case scenario. A no-deal Brexit will mean a sudden end to the agreement which makes Britain a member of the European Union which means rules for travel of citizens, of trade and of security cooperation will have to be rewritten. Fearing a heavy defeat, May postponed a parliamentary vote on Brexit to the middle of January, insisting that her deal is the best that can be had, that the alternative is no-deal, which is too awful to contemplate, and that a second referendum will be a betrayal of democracy, but her critics say that she is trying to terrify opponents into accepting a bad deal. In India, there is no such debate. Our exalted PM suddenly withdrew high denomination currency on 8 November 2016, which badly hit the poor but there is no question of apologizing. Wish our government was a circus. It would be so much better.