Judgement day has arrived and the politics of lunacy threaten to take over

This week, a number of prominent business people intervened in the election campaign by suggesting that voters should be careful about what they vote for today.

They warned that there is a real risk “that the upcoming election will lead to significant political instability and hand greater influence to populist left-leaning political parties and fringe elements that are anti-business and anti-job creation”.

Not surprisingly, those political elements that were the targets of the warnings reacted in a predictably negative manner and I heard suggestions that those people should mind their own business and not get involved in a political campaign.