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Andrew Dickens: Andrew Bayly did the right thing · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: How many times, now, be honest with me, how many times,
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  Speaker 1: in the middle of an intense argument with a stupid workmate,
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  Speaker 1: have you been tempted just to box their leather ears
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  Speaker 1: thump some sense into them? Obviously you don't. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: you know that you can't even touch them. You can
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  Speaker 1: glower and scowl and talk with a low, harsh intensity,
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  Speaker 1: but no touchy touchy, and no raised voices. Unfortunately, Andrew
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  Speaker 1: Bailey touchy, touchied and raise his voice. But what is
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  Speaker 1: good about this is that he knew it. Sometimes you
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  Speaker 1: have to hold yourself to account, is what he said
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  Speaker 1: at his press conference when he resigned. What a great line.
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  Speaker 1: Wouldn't you love more people to hold themselves to account.
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  Speaker 1: Some might say that he was just trying to get
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  Speaker 1: urgency and getting things done, but that's not so. These
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  Speaker 1: are uncivil times. We need to be civil. We need
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  Speaker 1: to remember that basic courtesy and respect for others must exist.
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  Speaker 1: If the strength of your argument is so strong, you
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  Speaker 1: will not need to shake some sense into anyone. And
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  Speaker 1: I think the world would be better if we have
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  Speaker 1: people who were not so inclined to call anyone they
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  Speaker 1: disagree with a moron, or to threaten them if they
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  Speaker 1: have a different point of view. Now there are some
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  Speaker 1: we know who who are making political capital out of
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  Speaker 1: the gap between Friday's resignation and Monday's announcement. Personally, I
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  Speaker 1: think that's petty. He just spent a week in pulling
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  Speaker 1: himself together to face the music, and when he faced
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  Speaker 1: the music and told us that he was resigning, you
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  Speaker 1: can see how close he was to tears. I think
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Bailey acted like a fool with his staff member,
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  Speaker 1: but he acted in his resignation with honor, and the
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  Speaker 1: next version of Andrew Bailey will be even better. He's
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  Speaker 1: got a ton of experience. But this leaves a problem
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  Speaker 1: for the National Party. They're running out of experienced talents.
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