They used to be everywhere in 1970s traffic, those toy dogs that would nod their heads in some sort of mock approval of their owners' driving, before they were superseded by the fluffy dice hanging from the windscreen mirror.
But the fluffy dice and nodding dogs were inanimate objects, playful things. These political noddies, who look a bit like those plastic toy dogs, only not as cute, intelligent or useful, are supposed to be people ... dare I say, human beings. Where is their dignity? I can just see them heading home after a long day's campaigning behind the leader to be greeted by their kids: "Hello Daddy, I saw you on TV. You looked like you were watching the yo-yo championships".
Who the hell came up with the idea that having a group of people standing behind a politician, incessantly nodding their heads as the politician raves on, would somehow trick the viewer into believing that what they are saying has widespread support?
I for one am sick to death of the "noddies".
