Originally Posted by John in Scotland

""We may have gone without a government for a record time but nothing has changed. People still go to work. We pay taxes. The Metro runs on time. If they are not careful they will realise that we Belgians don't need them," she said."

(from Belgians go 149 days without a government - Telegraph)

I wonder when the British will wake up and realise that we would do fine without our political class :-)