SOME described Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s place of honour on the stage at the Umno general assembly as a “homecoming” to the party he was booted out of.

IT was a beautiful night as the full moon glowed above Tanjung Karang but the war drums have begun on the ground.

THE future is bleak for Umno in the state elections except perhaps in Negri Sembilan.

HE was the most powerful Umno warlord in Selangor until he was sacked from the party.

ONE of Umno’s most gifted orators, Datuk Seri Alwi Che Ahmad recently described himself as “paper lama” or "old newspapers" after deciding to retire from politics.

THE Prime Minister has denied it several times but “the plot,” for want of a better term, continued to be a topic of conversation at the Hari Raya open house events of political parties.

THE normally low-profile Penang Chief Minister has been swamped by a blaze of media publicity the last few weeks.

UNTIL a few days ago, the Penang South Island (PSI) project was starting to look like an impossible dream for Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.