1. There is nothing that trumps the analysis by a political veteran like nottawa. The Temelinis, Dunns and Marlands of the world are so far removed from what actually goes on they really can’t offer anything beyond theory and abstraction masquerading as fact.
To take it a step further, nottawa has really hit on the essence of the Danny message since Day One. Back in 2001 and again in 2003, it was “Elect me and I will personally take away all your pain, bring you jobs and gobs of cash.” In 2007 and since then, it was all about Hisself and how much Hisself had brought in fulfillment of the earlier promise.
2. Right behind nottawa is Winston Smith. His round-up includes a reference to Yvonne Jones pithy observation that:
"People want a voice, and there isn't a voice inside the Williams government," she said. "Most of the backbenchers are silent. Many of the cabinet ministers are allowing critical cuts to happen in their districts without ever speaking out against it."
Winston has a couple of other things in there including the complicity of the local media in supporting the cult of personality but that’s almost old hat.
3. Undoubtedly there’ll be more but that should hold you for now.
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