Reasons for Aubrey Norton’s obnoxious behaviour

Dear Editor,
Aubrey Norton is in the news making threats and exhibiting other forms of idiocy as he extols his emptiness to the world. This leader, who happens to be educated, is otherwise of limited capacity when it comes to his reasoning ability as well as conducting himself with any semblance of decency and decorum. So, he continues to ramble and be disorderly, with no end in sight.
There is a logical conclusion to Aubrey Norton’s obtuse behaviour, which, if I am correct, can be placed into two parts: (a) He is not a leader who commands the respect and authority of his party; in simple terms, he is not liked by a great number of persons in his party. The big wigs in the PNC abhor him, so we can safely say he is a loner and a wanderer in the party that he leads. So, from time to time, he must muster up that big bad wolf approach to gain recognition.
He must speak as a dragon, with fire breathing through his nostrils, to command some attention from the faithful few that he leads. The fact that none of the top brass in the PNC has ever referred to him since he entered Parliament is a testament to the fact of his unpopularity within his party.
If you start at the beginning, you would find that Granger never approved of this guy, and the elder leaders of the PNC would not countenance him leading the party in Opposition. There was great rancour and acrimony involving Norton’s ascension to the post of Opposition Leader. There was much back-and-forth, which finally ended when someone attested to the idea of giving a relatively younger person the position of leadership. So, my dear readers, you can now get the real reason behind Norton’s rantings.
Now, this brings us to point (b): the cause of his ranting and raving and mouthing these ignorant (Caribbean meaning) statements in the media. Reason number two is: having been caught between a rock and a very hard place, Norton must now prove his mettle as a “strong leader”. That is, he must play brave and obnoxious ad infinitum, at least someone will take notice of him.
Ironically, this kind of behaviour is a high point in all PNC circles. That is, to play the big bad bully game and blaze your way through.
This belligerence has high marks in the PNC; however, I must caution him that the more he behaves foolishly, the more he sinks his party into a repulsive mode, way past an acceptable level, so that even the most trusted party faithful would turn away.
Mr. Norton must realise that he is putting his party in a very bad light. This 30% Leader of the PNC will soon realise that his party’s standing in the polls would be greatly diminished by his actions.
Incidentally, there is an upcoming LGE, in which, from the last compromised election, the PNC only got 39% of the constituency’s votes; and with the present poor performance of its leader, I am inclined to believe that there will be a further downward spiral. The latest tirade will further harm that party’s chances.
So, this is the sordid picture of the Opposition Leader of our country; a very dismal and pathetic one, to say the least.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams