Politics can be an entertaining sport but only at times. Like the much overrated "beautiful game" it generally is made up of eighty minutes worth of posturing boredom, punctuated by a second or two of odd brilliance.
We have just seen Don Brash take over as leader of the ACT party. This has got spectators in the terraces off their seats for a moment, before boredom resumes its normal service.
Cactus Kate, a self-professed die-in-the-ditch ACT (and Rodney Hide) loyalist, has reviewed the whole affair and has assessed the caucus. Her characterisation of Roger Douglas rises to Learian heights.
Then in his own category is Roger Douglas, who may have earned the right to be a difficult grumpy old bastard and is loyal to ACT but will never be happy regardless of who leads the Party because that person will never be him. His entire return to Parliament has been nothing but one Shakespearian scene too many. For Roger he plays like an unsupportive father never happy with his children.
Now that definitely is a piece of odd brilliance. Well said. Maybe Cactus should become Brash's speechwriter.
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