Will it be safe to go ahead with my planned tour of the UK this September, given the fragility of this new coalition government? Will there be riots in the streets, will the trains still run on time (if they ever did), will folk music clubs be shut down for the duration, will all tourists have to submit to a strip search at Heathrow, and what about bringing in my 5-string banjo and Angle concertina?

Maybe it's safer for me to stay in Maine where I at least understand the ground rules of political turmoil.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble