The ABCers speak and the government reacts

For a few weeks and from a few voices, there have been questions about Parliament convening. Either the Honourable Minister for Parliamentary Affairs has a case of memory loss or ‘eye pass’ the people. Now comes the Minister as the righteous one to rebuke the kindergarteners as it relates to concerns about the sitting of Parliament. To directly quote the Minister, there is a “new style of diplomacy” that only listens “to one side and not the other.” And, on top of that, she added, “the engagement should be profound and respectful.” Seems to me those words are at worst vacuous and at best contradictory.