"If we push a little hard I we may enable our leader, Norman kirk, to emulate Lee Kuan Yew and become the leader of a one party government."

The first time Labour Party President Charles Bennet said this at the party's recent conference it was not clear whether he was offering the rank and file a glorious vision or a sick joke. As if to clear up any doubt on the question, Bennet enthusiastically repeated the comment the next day after the conference had heard speeches from the F.O.L.'s Skinner and Knox.