Look, I hardly ever talk about Belgian politics. I know talking about politics during a family get together

totally ruins the mood. But today, today I'd really like to say something about Belgian politics. Because

I don't get it anymore. Look, Johan Vande Lanotte worked on his note for two months, two whole months. The chairmen of all parties

had the chance to visit with him and say: We want this; we don't want that; we are very much for this, but that is not acceptable

to us. Van de Lanotte writes all of this down, yeah? And he summarizes it in this one government note.

So how is it possible that when he hands the note out to the same people who provided him with the info

in the first place, they all suddenly say: "Gosh, Johan, you left this bit out while we really wanted

it and you put that bit in, but we really don't like it." Why then didn't you mention that when you

were over at Johan's drinking your cup of coffee? This morning I heard Rik Torfs on the radio. Have you

heard, Rik Torfs? And Rik Torfs said: "Yes, we ought to take it slow and think about how best to start.

Excuse me? Excuse me? Take it slow and think about how to start? Have those people no shame? We've been

going at this for two hundred days, Rik! How best to start!? If your plumber tells you this, because you called

him to fix a broken shower, and first he doesn't do anything for two hundred days but still he asks you money for it

and then he tells you you should take it slow and think about how best to start, you would sue him,

wouldn't you? I wonder if that isn't an option. Could there be a law somewhere that says our members

of parliament are obligated to form a government? Couldn't we force the issue by having a judge making them pay a fine

of a million euros a day, per day there isn't a government yet? One million per Belgian. Rik Torfs would

come hand it to your personally. Or the postman, together with your cash pension payment. Those people

have been elected, haven't they? They applied for the job, didn't they? Well, you've got the job, now

start doing it, please! I understand there are serious concerns about the Flemish Movement and that there

are Flemish demands that need to be met, all that's very well, but

this morning I heard, did anyone else hear, I heard on the radio that the current issue is the responsibility

for the access to and the exits of the ringway around Brussels. Because this ringway is in Flanders,

actually, haha! So who is responsible for the access and exits? It couldn't be Brussels, could it? No,

it has to be Flanders! Do I understand this correctly, that these people put an entire country on hold

because there is an argument about some stupid exit from a road? Thou shalt exit on the Flemish side

or thou shalt not? I really can't understand this. Do these people still live in the actual world? Do they even know what they're doing?

The next thing will be the viaduct of Vilvoorde. This thing is over Vilvoorde indeed, but has anyone ever

measured how high it actually is? Because maybe it's too high to be considered to be on Flemish land,

and maybe it's actually hanging in Belgian air space, and then the federation would be responsible! Really,

that's the next thing we're going to think about and take it slow; slow, huh Rikky, so you don't hurt yourself,

we're going to take it slow about how to take the first step. Honestly! People, there's only one solution, only one. We

have to get out there. In every banana republic, in every corrupt country people start protests. And here,

we just sit back on our couches, watching it all and think: let's think about this, nice and calm. We need to get out there. We haven't been a proper country for a while

now, so why not do as those banana republics do? Just grab some Walloon by the hand, drag him out on

the street with you and start demonstrating until we have a government! There, I needed to get that out.

Phew, that helped. I was planning on a jog in the park, but it's raining, but I think I've just burned more calories than I would have running laps for half an hour.

Thank you.