Like the emperor who unwittingly paraded in a suit of fine clothes invisible to anyone who was stupid, the prime minister, no doubt, is now expected to charge forward with his new “comprehensive national plan” to fight crime, full of good recommendations obvious to all, except the daft.

Like animals that eat their own offspring, the UDP tried, unsuccessfully, to consume Zenaida Moya in an act of filial, political cannibalism. There can be no question of tokenism about her political standing.