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Fan can't wait for political season to kick off

AN excited fan of British politics cannot wait for the season to officially kick off next week.

Tom Logan first got bitten by the politics bug during the 1997 election, and admits that as soon as August ends he is buzzing with excitement at the thought of the famous green benches filling up with key players.

He said: “Don’t get me wrong, I like having the summer off. Gives me a chance to think about something except politics for a change.

“But the thought that tomorrow they’ll all be filing in there, refreshed and ready for a thrilling autumn of bills, amendments and private motions, well there’s nothing like it. All that heritage and tradition providing a backdrop to our thoroughly modern game.

“I’m a Labour fan – they were winning everything when I was a kid – and I think Starmer needs more time to impress his style on the team, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s an early change of management.

“Meanwhile Boris has lost Hancock and made the controversial decision to bring back Javid. He’s been getting a strong performance from a squad of frankly limited talent but it’s going to fall apart sometime. Especially with these big clashes in Europe coming up.

“Prediction for the season? Narrow Tory win but then Boris will receive a big-money offer he can’t refuse and quit. After that it’s anyone’s game.”

Taxi driver, and four other professions where you meet people at their very worst

WANT a glimpse of humanity at its most deplorable? Polish your CV and apply for one of these jobs:

Waiter

Ever wondered what it would feel like to be summoned by an arrogant city worker who’s trying to impress a date by snapping their fingers at you? Then go for a career in the service industry. At least you’ll get the last laugh as you watch them wolf down a carbonara sprinkled with your most noxious secretions.

Taxi driver

Working night shifts as a taxi driver is essentially a question of when, not if, your back seat will get vomited on. You’ll either be dealing with raucous drunks on their way to a nightclub, or raucous drunks on their way home from a nightclub who don’t trust themselves to get a night bus. Include the deep-cleaning bill in their fare.

Helpline operator

Your sole purpose is to interact with people thoroughly pissed off that the product or service they’ve paid for isn’t working. They know you’re a temp working from home but will still act as if you built their new laptop which keeps randomly shutting off, and will bollock you accordingly. Put them on hold frequently then cut them off. It’s what they deserve and expect.

Bartender

Your job is to serve drunk people alcohol. Without you, the drunk people would have no access to the alcohol. Yet for some reason 90 per cent of drunken idiots view you as an obstacle between them and their next drink. Remind these arseholes who’s boss by serving them a pints that are mainly head and charging them double.

Retail worker

Prepare to be constantly badgered by idiotic customers asking you why you don’t stock a certain jumper in a particular size, as if you simply hadn’t bothered to knit one for them overnight when you were obviously making the rest of the clothes in the shop. The faster online shopping puts an end to all face-to-face retail interaction the better.

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