IN ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE moments of human history, some clever gentlemen in America have managed to send a space vehicle to the planet Jupiter, to have a better look at it and to be able to more thoroughly inform us about where we came from, how our universe was formed and why we, as human beings, are different from bed bugs, centipedes or moths.
THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THIS RESEARCH are, obviously, beyond my capacities of understanding, being merely a Master in the Humanities from London and Oxford and a university professor in media studies for forty years. My scientific knowledge extends slightly beyond the fact that I should take a 300 mg aspirin every day in order to avoid a heart attack. And I often forget to do so.
BUT EVEN I CAN APPRECIATE the value of our being able to contemplate Jupiter in this new light. Whereas once we only saw
and many people will now rest easy in their beds knowing that there are no little green men twiddling about naked in the gaseous wastes of the planet ready to come out with what used to be called "ray-guns", brittly barking "Take me to your leader, Earthling". (Of course, the suicidal maniacs who would actually enjoy this scenario must be a tad disappointed).
I AM REMINDED, HOWEVER, OF A SIMILAR SCENARIO involving the United Kingdom Conservative and Unionist Party, also the object of some very close scrutiny at the moment. Without wishing to upset any of the delegates and members of this august organ, I have collated some pictures, not taken with the same high-resolution devices as the "Jupiter prober", which may give us some idea of how the party was last week at a meeting,
EVERYTHING SUGGESTS THAT both the state of the gas-filled planet Jupiter and the windbag Conservatives will continue in a parallel scientific arc for years to come.
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