Friday, July 04, 2003

Politicians Simon Crean Compared: What lies behind the Political Face

"Nifty Nev" could certainly be likeable and, sometimes, admirable. It's just that you weren't sure whether you'd fallen for the pragmatic Wran's professional or natural charm. It's possible you were simply getting exactly what you saw. Maybe. The thing is, it was difficult to decipher. Something the scribe can say about Wran is that he wasn't always as cool and unruffled as he invariably contrived to appear whenever a television camera was in the vicinity. Behind a closed door, and if things weren't going according to plan, he could wield the kind of language you're unlikely to hear – even in these liberated times – on your television in family viewing time for many decades to come.
· Come to think on it, society may never get quite that liberated! [Media]