COMMENT Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s intriguing ride along the wispy divide between loyal dissent within Umno and insurgent dissidence has reached a decisive point.   

Yesterday’s manoeuvres by both him and the media aligned to Umno suggested that the Gua Musang MP’s post-tsunami straddle of the divide is increasingly tenuous.      

The Umno blogs have been touting that the Umno veteran is on the verge of quitting the party. Yesterday a mainstream TV channel, on its prime-time news bulletin, speculated that Razaleigh’s resignation was imminent...