Alan Jones' sexuality has never been much of a secret. I certainly have known of his sexuality since the his coaching days of the Wallabies back in the 80's where he was well and truely "outed".

Much fuss about nothing new.

Leigh would be a Bolt type I think.
Well Mr Flint why stop now you've been caught with your pants down before when it come to Mr Jones.

Flint has shown himself to be too close to Jones in the past to be able to objectively assess any criticism whether by Masters or any one else. It is about time Flint came out of the closet as well.

Oh! David, on your belly grovelling once again to big Al, don't you have any shame at all? regards, numbat

I'm certainly no fan of Jones. When Flint describes him as a "Renaissance man" I immediately thought of Machiavelli. But having got a quarter of the way through Masters' book, I have to agree that the amateur psychoanalysis of Jones' character based on his sexual preference is pretty tiresome and dumb. Maybe things will get better as the book progresses, but at this stage I don't reckon that biography is Masters' strong suit.

As one who was once told by a seasoned traveller in Greece that I was the only bloke he had ever known who could get away with wearing pink pants, it is interesting to contrast the responses of the Gucci left to Master's outing of Jones and a parliamentarian's outing of a certain Judge a few short years back. Back then the cognoscenti were outraged at such a low attack on the sexuality of the "progressive" judge and they made their collective distaste plain to anyone who would listen.

Where are the same people now? Could there be one moral standard for "fellow travellers" and another for "class enemies" like AJ? When can we expect Master's trial by media?