a weekend of barbeques part 1

saturday-

no pictures.

it was Adrian's political party's barbeque. they treated all those who supported them and those who ran in the local elections and their families to a barbeque afternoon. it was a group invite for 30 people, but the numbers on the ground was small when we got there. saturday had a cloudy/windy weather and it was timed together with the airshow (an aeronautics aerobatics display down by the seafront near us) so alot of people didnt turn up.

so the barbeque turned up to be a mini gathering inside the house of one of the longterm councillors village cottage (oh so beautiful,i was aching to photograph it, but was too embarrassed to ask). i was there with a bunch of politicians and their wives talking about the current state of economic affairs while all i could be deigned to chip in was about how lovely the periwinkle dinner set i was using.

its hard, when its the first time you meet people and you are put in a small lounge, close together, and they're talking about things, i am not confident talking about. oh sure, i have my opinions. but, who cares? so what i did? i chipped in things about why they should be organising a youth (or younger voters) group with a facebook fan page and all. they were all listening and nodding. maybe they thought i was from mars. facebook? what is that? i can imagine their brains must be shouting. (trust me, the age group of those who mostly attended the barbeque are those who still smoke from pipes and still think fax machines are the latest thing ever invented, Adrian looked like a baby beside them).

anyway, one of the agents was a young man in his 20s (a very intellectual one) rescued me and said, one of the downfalls they have as a party is that they concentrated on the older voters. they forgot about the young ones.in my mind, i agreed loudly. i just nodded and enjoyed my tea.

i have been saying this to Adrian over and over since i could remember, the young voters are very important because in this country,they seem to be less heard, and has a less representation in the parliament. i told adrian that there are new young blood of voters that are so passionate about that new bill of having university students pay for their tuition fees now, and these voters are so passionate about the new decisions being made for them by some ageing bloke who probably earns 50 times the average wage.

well, before this massive entry about a barbeque turn into a political essay, let me tell you, that barbeque opened up a whole new dimension in my life i never knew existed. one that involves, campaigning, politicking, intellectuals who talks with plums in their mouths, ride -on motor lawn mower (dont ask) and periwinkle dinner sets.

(PS. adrian used to be a two term councillor , and was responsible for a lot of health and safety measures brought about in the council during his term..so he always supports the liberal-democrats as much as he could)


happy monday;-)