My mother's favourite cousin is someone she calls, "the most conceited person she ever knew." He was a larger than life man who practised regularly what he called his "killer smile."

Legend has it he would stand in front of the mirror and practise his swagger. He would stroke his chin and tune up his smile, the one that would "kill the ladies."

This little bit of family history is relevant only in as much as I am reminded of my cousin sometimes when people speak about Branville McCartney, member of parliament for Bamboo Town. Last year he resigned from the high profile job of Minister of State f ...

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