Figurehead of respect

Heh. And heh. (Via, in turn, Tim Newman and Dot Comrade.)

With respect (none intended, fun intended, pun unintended) to the latter of these two hehs, or rather to what you find when you get through the link under it, I invite readers to reflect on the phrase ‘whose figurehead is’ and what immediately follows it. And I invite you further to think about a situation in which you were setting up a coalition and this was to be your coalition’s figurehead. Wouldn’t you just sob uncontrollably? And yet the comrades… etc.

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