"Never such innocence,
Never before or since,
As changed itself to past
Without a word – the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
The thousands of marriages,
Lasting a little while longer:
Never such innocence again."
- Philip Larkin, MCMXIV (1964)
What is this?
This is a New Year's resolution, my friend.
You normally don't do those.
I don't, no... but this time, I have. I've been meaning to do this for a very long time and now I've got the chance. Sort of.
"Sort of"?
Well, why do you think that we're doing this classic TLIA- opening?
Because your mind is drifting into insanity, of course.
Wrong - it's because I'm going to use the TLIA- format to write up my timeline.
So... another Shapiroverse-style one?
Actually, no. I've gone for something a bit more classic. It's a bit more
The Curse of Maggie or
Shuffling The Deck. You know the sort of thing - PM's picture, party, years of office, witty subtitle, etc.
Then why doesn't it have a bloody "TLIA-" prefix to it?
Because I don't know how long I'll take and I probably won't even update it that regularly. I just want to get my ideas down because they've been sitting around for months and I'm tired of not doing anything with them.
Okay, okay - calm down. Are we going to begin?
Yeah, might as well. Here we go...