What do you see in the images below? Each is iconic in its own peculiar sort of way, strange illustrations conjuring the worlds of science fiction, famous stills pulled from reels of old films, capital landmarks or grand historical gestures well rooted in the popular culture, a culture which we all to a greater or lesser degree must share.
Yet images like these divide us into three strictly defined groups. Some describe literally what falls in front of them, or seek to identify for each image the relevant context, others regard images as signs and symbols, and at once begin delving into the subconscious, and then there are those political beasts who cannot help but turn even the most benign impression to their narrow ends.
Those with lucky eyes can see in several directions. And for still another group, there is nothing more than confusing strokes scratched on the screen or page, but safe to leave such dullards to one side. However you try to interpret these images, there is no doubting their power, and it is astonishing the sort of different impressions they make. One person might see extraterrestrial life forms, for instance, and a love scene thankfully without butter, but for Laura Kuenssberg, BBC political editor, all these images take on an unshakeable hue.
So let us dive into the mind of Laura Kuenssberg, and view the world – our world – as she so surely sees it.
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Laura Kuenssberg sees Jeremy Corbyn leading an alien invasion of British politics.
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Laura Kuenssberg sees Jeremy Corbyn in all his limpness refusing to unleash a nuclear load.
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Laura Kuenssberg sees the anti-semitic arms of Momentum pulling the Labour Party under.
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Laura Kuenssberg spots anonymous sources, ready to unburden their hearts and bemoan Labour’s leadership woes.
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Laura Kuenssberg catches sight of Jeremy Corbyn, the radical lefty, hopping into bed with Hamas, Hezbollah, and probably so-called Islamic State.
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Laura Kuenssberg spies a brave shadow cabinet minister who she might be able to coerce into resigning live on air.
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Laura Kuenssberg looks on from afar at the proud leaders of Labour’s National Executive Committee, as they seek to rout the liberal blight.
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Laura Kuenssberg looks glumly on the wasteland which is all that remains of the centre-left.
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Laura Kuenssberg gasps as the clock strikes 10pm, and the BBC exit poll predicts a Labour victory, with an irrepressible Jeremy Corbyn set to oust fallen Tory Theresa May. She stares with mouth agape and a solitary tear hours later as Jeremy Corbyn stands in Downing Street ready to take his place as Prime Minister, quivering frightfully at the socialist dystopia to come. But Laura Kuenssberg need not worry, nor lament her eyesight for being not even close to good, because for now at least, everything she sees is all just a bad dream.
