THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

I’ve always loved election night.  I’d go so far as to say it’s my favourite TV show, after the World Cup finals.  Obviously there was less suspense in elections, since, according to their peculiar narrative structure, you knew from the first minutes how they would end, but the wide range of actors (the political scientists, the pundits, the crowds of supporters cheering or in tears at their party headquarters… and the politicans, in the heat of the moment, with their thoughtful or passionate declarations) and the general excitement of the participants really gave you the feeling, so fare, so precious, so telegenic, that history was coming to you live.

Houellebecq/Submission