> fasgnadh wrote:

>> GrassyNoel wrote:

>>> fasgnadh wrote:

>>>> The Nerk wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> That Hollowmen series running on the ABC is a pretty good
>>>>> guide to how the place worked under Howard and probably still is.

>>>>
>>>> Anyone who thinks that the party apparatchiki or
>>>> public service ran Howard's agenda has rocks in their head! B^D
>>>>
>>>> He had their nuts in his grubby little paw!
>>>>
>>>> Hollowmen is almost funny, but predictable, however there is no
>>>> doubt that Howard set the political agenda for a decade.
>>>>
>>>> The public service was emasculated and politicised,
>>>> full of yes men and forelock-tuggers, quite incapable ...