I think its a function of the times we live in. Nothing is done unless it is well over-done, and every facet of daily living is tempered to some degree, by a quality of excess. Travel and eating, working and play - excess encroaches on our every endeavour, swelling each fat, insubstantive moment in an increasingly fat world. I dont think we can blame the politicians for this one - they merely mirror the world around them in this regard.

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