Water charges fiasco proves our politicians are out of their depth

IMAGINE the scene. The troika is finally going home. There’s a deputation wrapped in Tricolours seeing them off at the airport singing, “We’re the best small country in the world in which to do business” in part harmony.

Suddenly a woman breaks ranks and grabs a trousered troika leg wailing, “Don’t leave! You can’t leave us on our own with our elected politicians!”

The woman is me and she is driven to despair by our shenanigans over paying for the water we use. Surely, when our history is written, the efforts of our politicians to stop us paying for this priceless natural resource will be among the more shameful chapters.