In fairness to him, he called me on the telephone to discuss it but my angst concerning him and the antics of his party got the better of me, and as a senior brother (for us Northerners, this pecking order is non-negotiable) I ticked him off in a manner he objected to vehemently himself. I am sure that's why he fired off his rejoinder which is published somewhere in today's ADM.

His rejoinder actually proves the point I was trying to get across to him: A good debate, in written or spoken form often brings out gems in language use that add to and enhance human understanding. This whole hullabaloo about ROPAB and the antics of the NDC, which strangely had characters like Danny Atta Ofori of EGLE and Ramadan of PNC, on the streets of Accra to me was creating a fuss when really there was no need to.

Someone like Danny Atta Ofori has no parliamentary representation, whereas the NDC has close to a hundred. It is a strong opposition, with many loud mouths who could have held the NDC's own against the NPP's not so large majority.

Both sides would have put up spirited debate and the rest of the country would be the better off for that, but instead they took to the streets hoping that way the government would fall. If Bagbin does not know, I am telling him that there is a "Kama Conference Centre" speech by you-know-who spelling out that strategy.

But why this long-winded justification when all that I want to say is that the Minority Leader's turn of phrase is what in fencing is called touché! Watchdog turned lapdog…ha,ha,ha!