COMMENT If you googled “fairy tale”, two definitions pop up. The first is “a story usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.” The second, “an incredible or misleading statement, account, or belief.”

Both these definitions can best describe former law minister Zaid Ibrahim’s call for Dr Mahathir Mohamad to name Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as the next prime minister...