The sight of no-nonsense police officers on foot patrol dramatically diminishes the amount of room thugs and ruffians have to play to the gallery.
Calling Inspector Alexander! Round up your squad and fly across to the Waterfront Complex full speed, please!
Having failed miserably with every previous attempt, Opposition Chief Whip Marlene Mc Donald, MP Colm Imbert and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley intend to go beyond the boundary with their playing to the gallery in a last-ditch effort to throttle the Prime Minister before Parliament is dissolved.
On Friday, the tantric trio all but hurled the kitchen sink at Speaker Wade Mark after the Honourable Prime Minister initially objected to certain misstatements Rowley had made. The goodly lady had done what any reasonable parliamentarian would do in such circumstances–she resorted to the relevant Standing Order.
But Mc Donald, Imbert and Rowley shouted her down and came at the Speaker's throat with such ferocity, the Speaker had no choice to beg off and suggest to the Honourable Prime Minister that she stay her hand until the putrid eruption wearied itself out much later in the afternoon. To her eternal credit, she promptly and graciously yielded, though she was on unquestionably solid ground.
Inspector Alexander and his crew weren't around at the time. They were having a field day, rounding up irrational and downright dangerous elements elsewhere, for which they must be heavily kudoed.
Richard Thomas,
Arouca