And talking of outbursts. . .

The former Premier and former Hawthorn President has been caught uttering more words in the short interval between changing feet.

 

Now, Jeff has always had a penchant for sharing his opinions as widely as he could — it’s one of the key selection criteria for politicians after all.

 

Unfortunately ‘journalists’ — well, those bereft of original ideas anyway — keep asking him for opinions, and he’s only too happy to oblige them with some petty and controversial remark.

 

It was fair enough to seek his thoughts when he was Premier, though it did take him away from his key task of dismembering and selling the State’s public assets. It was fair enough to seek his thoughts as President of a recently revived and now rudely healthy AFL club. But now?

 

Just bugger off quietly, Jeff. There’s a good chap.