Advice that should have been followed

The best piece of advice Brash received in his time as leader was to sack his advisers. Pity he didn't. It wasn't his own straight talking that did for him, it was the dissembling foisted upon him by the moronic likes of McCully and Co.

And the best piece of advice he could have got, and should have followed? When asked about the Brethren, he should have replied the same way Ronald Reagan did when asked about fruitcakes campaigning on his behalf:

"When people join my campaign," said Reagan, "they are supporting me; I am not necessarily supporting them."

To imply otherwise is outrageous collectivism. And to lie about such an innocuous association is just stupid, and -- like all lies -- in the end fatal.

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