palmer weighs into the fight , page-31

So Vretts implies that with Palmer holding 5% of the stock, the other 95% will vote against him.

Well I think we are going to see the emergence of that famous political "silent majority". All those shareholders who have been sitting back watching, quietly, getting angrier as they see their company turned into a battleground.

You'll find they are revolted by patricide - that's what you call the attempted assassination of the founding father - and then the greedy scrabbling for the spoils.

They will turn out in force to sweep away the pirates and carpetbaggers, and back the only one to come forward with clear support for Heugh's founding vision and continued leadership - Clive Palmer.

It must be obvious now to Cottee that there is no way he will be given the sack of cash and jobs for the boys that he demanded. The shareholders will not stand for it. So it may be a good time to retire with some dignity intact, as did the rebels earlier.

As for the chairman - it's time for him to fall on his sword, before he's run through with it. Metaphorically speaking of course, we are all civilized folk.

Clear the ground, dismiss the meetings and lawyers before we waste more money on them, and let's get back to work. Led by John Heugh.