With the majority of modern-day politicians unable to make radical decisions, I think of the days when I worked at Sussex University.
The words of one of the dons still stay fresh in my memory.
"Michael," he said, "we have some of the finest brains in Europe on this campus, your future politicians and the likes of.
"However, they are totally useless for a progressive society and the outside world because they lack that vital ingredient to go with it, common sense."
How right that man was.
-Mick Venour, Portslade
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