STEVEN BOYKEY SIDLEY: Decoding the DA's De Lille debacle
'It seems as though the DA has a messaging problem. This is perplexing'
It came as a sort of creeping surprise to me that after the de Lille no-confidence vote I was unable to say with any specificity what she had actually done wrong. I was surprised because I spend a fair amount of time reading politics. How had this major political news story become so muddied by history and opinion and the mire of politics that its causes and catalysts had, at least for me, melted into an impenetrable fog? So I turned to that great spewer of opinions, Facebook, and asked my friends if anyone knew what the real de Lille story was. It makes for interesting reading. It took about 10 seconds for the comments to start rolling in on the backs of multi-coloured biases. DA voters, never-DA voters, ex-D voters, DA officials, pundits, rumour-mongers, haters, and many befuddled citizens (like me). And plenty of heated exchanges. But it was edifying and I think I’ve got it now. There have been many accusations against de Lille in the past. Imperiousness! (not a crime, but still)...
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