There's something about politics at the moment that seems to defy any rational explanation, and not just what is happening in God's Own.
It's bad enough here with the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which if said fast enough can sound like a profanity, which would make sense to those who think it is one anyway.
The most revealing aspect that has come out of the latest, frenzied dump of the papers from Panama is that Elvis hasn't left the room, in fact he's living in Tauranga at an address that was used by an alleged Iraqi bagman in a major bribery scandal in that country.
Elvis' presence in the papers was described by the Prime Minister as an impersonator which he said was not unlike Andrew Little firing questions at him who was impersonating the leader of the Labour Party. Yeah, well, Annette King chimed in that at least he's not a clown like the PM.
Falling into that category would surely have to be the Donald Trump of politics in the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, who looks a dead cert to take the Presidency there with the vote in so far heavily stacked in his favour. He is expected to be confirmed in a few weeks time.
