Political Courtship... (or Who's on Top?)

I have been told that as the only purpose of buying a drill is to make a hole, so too public support for any political Party is only a means to a financial end.

Watching the debate in Parliament this evening made me realize that either all members of the House of Representatives are convenient liars or their capacity to forgive and forget is directly proportional to their proximity to a Cabinet position.

How else can one explain people who formerly tore each other to shreds as political adversaries now embracing each other in a Parliamentary love fest that threatens to make grown men cry?

Quite possibly the greatest turn from venomous hate to tender love would be that displayed by Austin Jack Warner for Kamla Persad Bissessar, and the speed at which she went from 'falling down drunk in Gandhi fountain' to 'my Prime Minister' might have converted the staunchest non Christian to following the teachings of Christ.

Or that of my COP colleagues, whose distaste for former vinegar has become an addiction to new wine, with public displays of affection punctuating each contribution and a feeling of one love permeating the Chamber.

Based on this budding political romance I have just one question to ask: 

Why remain two separate Parties?

If there is nothing but love growing in former fields of acrimony, why not consumate the love under one banner?

Imagine the photo-op as Winston and Kamla say political 'I Do's' with Jack as best man and Glen as ring bearer under the beaming gaze of Speaker Mark; the headlines would scream 'One Love' has returned to the land once again and all would be well in the Kingdom.

I offer this abundance of sarcasm in my writing because we all know a farce when we see one, and if the words are farcical, what of the motives?

Have the COP Members of the House fully integrated themselves into the UNC, and if so, what of the Leadership of the Party?

I ask this on behalf of the membership, those who agreed to support the Party's sojourn into Partnership with that which they formerly held in contempt, and from which there are no signs that signal the dawning of integrity under the rising sun.

I further ask for clarity from the powers that be in the Congress of the People to identify that which is fact and that which is fiction, and to guide me and others as to whether the Congress of the People is in fact still a political Party in its own right.

The members and supporters have a right to know and deserve to be treated with respect; eight months into the accommodation we would like to know if the principles articulated as 'New Politics' have been demonstrated as yet.

We need be careful that in our effort to fool all of the people we do not end up fooling only ourselves; time like twine as the old people say, has a tendency to run out.