Greens facing a sting in the tail

GREEN party members will be aware of the fable of the scorpion and the frog.

The hapless and trusting frog is stung to death helping the scorpion cross a river. The moral being scorpions cannot escape their nature no matter what promises they provide.

Green party negotiators are, no doubt, being suitably reassured by their government counterparts as the clock winds down to this weekend’s special convention.