Is The Premier's Flack-Hackery Trying To Muzzle...

...Gary Mason?

Now....

Not that we are trying to suggest that Mr. Mason has been stealing our stuff or anything, but here is a small chunk of his latest:

...In her speech at the Liberal Party’s annual premier’s dinner (recently), Ms. Clark noted the passing of the iconic politician (Margaret Thatcher), saying she was someone who stuck to her principles and pressed onward in the face of withering criticism and dissent.

While unsaid, it was evident Ms. Clark was certainly trying to establish a comparison between the trials and tribulations of Lady Thatcher and the negative reviews and stinging rebukes she has had to endure. Except, much of the downbeat commentary that has been levelled at the Premier has sprung from a widely held view that she arrived in office with no real plan or vision or firmly held convictions upon which a policy agenda would be based – almost the anti-Thatcher. And the former British prime minister’s death only served to bring that unfortunate distinction into starker relief.

Of course, the other critique to dog Ms. Clark is that she has preferred the public aspects of the position – ribbon cuttings, town hall meetings, representing government at high-profile events – to the more mundane, less visible but vitally important job of identifying priorities and crafting an agenda...

Surprisingly, this most (ron) obvious of mild-mannered analyses, according to Mr. Mason himself, led to a rebuke from Ms. Clark's office:

Imagine that!



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Lid flip 'o the gortex on this one goes to that old Lotuslandian newsman George Orr who has been asking a whole lotta 5W-type questions on the Twittmachine recently.

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