COMMENT Every now and then a political party is wracked by the problems caused by a stormy petrel.

The recalcitrant is born, not made, so a degree of prescience about when and how to put out the nuisance is to be greatly valued though rare to find.

It is now PAS' turn to feel the heat generated by the decision to expel its former Selangor state executive councillor Hasan Ali.

The man is not going to go gently into the night; he is determined to cause as much damage as possible...