At last

It is probable that by tomorrow night this small - in more senses than one can imagine - this small country of ours will have a new federal government. In the 67 years of my life, I have never seen a more disquieting and badly played charade than the one which has been put on stage since june last year.

But there it is : we will be "blessed" with a government without a team, without a programme, without a budget, without a term and without a leader - not my invention ; these qualifications are written down in a comment of De Standaard. Its merit will be that it will exist for as long as it lasts, which most probably won't be very long. God help us all.