THEY COME IN THREES....

Good things come in threes, they say. So, too, do things like Degrees, Stooges, Wise Men, Graces, Coins in the Fountain and Amigos.

I`m particularly fond of the three great lies of life, which are:-

- "The cheque is in the post;"

- "I`ll respect you in the morning,"....and

- "I`m from the Council and I`m here to help you."

The last of the three being the stock in trade of local authority officials and locally elected politicians. So it should come as no surprise to discover the trend being alive and well on the national political scene.

Just lately we have been told that:-

- "The annual rate of inflation is about 2%,"

- "The Lisbon Treaty is not the same as the EU Constitution," ....and

-"Evidence shows that the majority of the British people don`t want a referendum."

There are, of course, countless other examples of hoods being winked by politicians, but the prize for the moment at least goes to Foreign Secretary, David (Gap Year) Miliband, who in the past couple of weeks has provided the three examples given above. And not only did he appear to mean what he said, but he also expected us to believe a word of it. No wonder `three strikes and out` comes to mind.