Thursday, January 29, 2009

Note to Mr Martin

From today's column:
"The Iggy strategy is to give the federal government a lifeline until the fall or thereabouts, and then pounce."
"But Iggy won’t be terribly bothered by either’s reaction."
All other references to political leaders, present and past, use either their full names, or their last names prefaced by "Mr", or refer to them by position.
Using "Iggy" to refer to the Leader of the Opposition is belittling, verging on the disrespectful, and I would prefer if commentators like yourself (whose commentary I read regularly and admire) would at least be consistent.
Please, Mr Martin, set an example and dump "Iggy" (unless of course you also use nicknames to refer to Mr Layton, Mr Harper, et al).

Sincerely,

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