I am so tired of reading weak analysis of our politics, and Carol Paton’s attempt in her most recent column reached my tipping point (“DA Already Blew Its Shot To Be the Rational Centre (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2021-03-08-carol-paton-da-already-blew-its-shot-to-be-the-rational-centre/)”, March 8).

I want to read rational debate about political ideas in your newspaper — not tired old prejudices from another era that centre on the melanin of the DA leadership. On her take, Barack Obama should never have reached the White House, yet he did. When will your columnists be prepared to examine arguments on their merit? ..

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