There is a recurring sentiment in the politics of your John Key and Paul Henry types:
Don't come at us with your hand out before you've done all you can to help yourself.
But there is another sentiment they can often add especially around election time, and it was dutifully reported this week.
Political masterclass, wrote Thomas Coughlan of Paul Henry standing up to say he was going to try again to be an MP and he offered an example of his visionary promise:
