"No such thing as Mahathirism"

Interview with Mukhriz. When I heard that Syed Akbar Ali was going to do an interview with Mukhriz Mahathir for his blog, I was impressed. Bloggers hardly do interviews because 1) many people don't fancy being interviewed by bloggers and 2) interviews are hard work where you can't put words into people's mouths

Read the interview in OutSyed the Box, h e r e.

Syed's interview reminds me that Mukhriz is a late bloomer in Umno. When his father was PM, he barred all his children from running for any office in party and in government. Imagine: if Lim Kit Siang had emulated Mahathir, someone else would be Penang Chief Minister today ...