Wednesday 28 July 2010

'Ticking the Box' by David Appleyard

There was one big story.
No results were coming in. No votes. The rolling news rolled over itself all night. The live coverage covered the same dead ground. Returning officers sweated in thier suits, embarassed. The stuios were plastic and useless - buzzing headquarters of colour-coordinated nothing. Chaos.
Late at night, the news presenter was running out of ad-libs: "Has anyone voted in this election at all?"
"Yeah mate," said Phil, "I have."

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