I was going to do a kind of satire thing about the Americans getting all hissy about the fact that large numbers of Iraqi voters would elect an Islamic party, which isn't the kind of government the U.S. wants. This would have involved a make-over of Monty Python's cheese shop sketch but, you know, it would have taken ages and not really been all that funny.

Those of you familiar with the sketch can probably guess how it would have gone, and those of you not familiar with it wouldn't have got the joke anyway. So, ah, let's just kind of take it as read that the Iraqi Democracy Shop Sketch exists in the same mental realm as my yet-to-be-started Great American Novel, the end of Dombey And Son and a decent Highlander sequel.