Letter
Some politicians: for Richo, for poorer
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/richos-grave-should-be-extra-deep/
Jack, Jack, Jack (sigh).
Richo is probably (though many of us would want more concrete proof than just a coffin with a body in it) dead. Now is hardly the time to smack us around the ears with accurate reporting, succinct analysis and realistic conclusions.
No, surely it’s time to go with the Albo vibe and ignore the fact that Richo was the paradigm grifter. Just because Richo made an art form of turning public office into private career upwards mobility should not beget repudiation of the idea that the societal role of a politician should be the advancement of the quality of life of one’s electorate.
Just means you have ethics. Poor fool you.
Way back in the early 90s I used to regularly dine of a Friday evening at a restaurant in Kingston, enjoying the pavement ambience with my partner. Our favorite table by happenstance was beside Richo’s favourite table.
Give him his due: Richo gave not a shit about who knew of his machinations. People with a functioning conscience needed to tune out his existence in order to eat.
— Richard Llewellyn from Colo Vale