COMMENT Isn’t it sublime de facto leadership that after the rottweilers have had their weeks’ fill of ravaging Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and sealing his fate as menteri besar of Selangor, Anwar Ibrahim tells the PKR national congress that he does not agree with personal attacks against Khalid... and even calls on the delegates to “acknowledge Khalid's sincerity and track record”?

This latest episode of ‘Desperate Politicians’ in Selangor brings to mind the creation of an antihero in Jessica Page Morrell’s 2008 manual on ‘Bullies, Bastards & Bitches’. Has PKR created an antihero in Khalid? Let us revisit Jessica Morrell’s guide for would-be writers to see if he fits the mould of the antihero…