The cabinet office minister, Francis Maude, has suggested that public sector workers protesting against cuts in their pensions should confine their proposed strike to fifteen minutes' duration.
This is an idea that should spread. I propose:
fifteen-minute jail terms for fraud and malfeasance in public office;
fifteen-minute jobs for the unemployed;
fifteen-minute mortgages for first-time house-buyers;
a fifteen-minute nuclear exchange between the United States and Iran;
fifteen minutes of fame for Mr Abramovich;
fifteen minutes of silence from John Cage
I might add to the list later.
