Bitten by party officials, MPs turn to zombies in need of brains

On the surface, zombie flicks are typically blood-soaked romps through apocalyptic wastelands, but beneath the tropes and the brain-eating monsters, there is something about the undead hordes that scares viewers more than being eaten alive. What is most unsettling about the genre is the loss of humanity.

Personality and the ability to think are the first things to decompose. The idea of losing something so essential to our sense of self is both horrifying and intriguing, keeping viewers craving more.

The same is happening to our elected officials, minus the flesh-eating. In today’s political landscape, this loss of self is what happens to many politicians when they enter the House of Commons.

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Few sights are more horrifying than your chosen representative mindlessly shuffling into the House of Commons to groan the party line. While some MPs do go rogue, speaking for themselves or their constituents, they have rapidly become outnumbered by the echoing hordes.

One politician who suffered for speaking out tells The Pointer that today’s candidates will have to decide early whether to become a maverick or monster.

Published on October 9, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton